Imbrue
/ɪmˈbɹuː/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To stain [with in or with ‘blood, slaughter, etc.’]. transitive
"My hands were imbrued in his blood."
- 2 permeate or impregnate wordnet
Example
More examples"My hands were imbrued in his blood."
Etymology
From Middle English embrewen, from Old French *embrever (whence Middle French embreuver), metathetic variant of embevrer (“to imbibe, steep, penetrate, soak”) (with same stem variation found in French abreuver and beuverie), from Vulgar Latin imbiberāre.