The article "Wabi-Sabi Mathematics" concerns how wabi-sabi can imbue mathematics.
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Imbue
/ɪmˈbjuː/
Synonyms for "imbue" (203 found)
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Closest matches (41)
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Noun(7 words)
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- Closest matches in this entry: permeate, absorb, animate, apply paint, aromatize.
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6 total sentences available.
Bratislav, the Croatian-descent dog owner of Rafa and Chino, does believe in souls and spirits, in some ways. On the 20th of October of 2012, with two leashes in hand, Bratislav the vampiric baron phantom struts approaching along the Halloween-like sidewalk, and then we have a conversation near the dilapidated purple-leaved tree in the neighbour Bruce's yard, here on Lulu Island. Yes, he says, he believes in souls and spirits and each kind is in a human body. I tell him that in some religions, people believe in multiple souls and spirits inside a body and to complicate matters, they may be "fluid" in nature. Bratislav thinks that I am like a Hispanic, but I imbue in him the notion of at least some Eastern influence inside of me. I take a pseudo-scientific turn and tell him that the "soul-spirit structure" may be really complicated and may have many components like a chandelier does with different gems and crystals.
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On the 21st of October of 2012, Croatian-descent Bratislav and I a Filipino meet up again, on the grey-sky sidewalk. This time, Bratislav discusses about a Japanese psychic experiment wherein a Buddhist monk is used to imbue certain emotions like love, anger, etc. into water. Then the water is frozen. The researchers find out that different emotions affect the way water crystallizes.
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We made an escapist political thriller that we wanted to imbue with humanity and realism.
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Common questions
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Closest matches include permeate, absorb, animate, apply paint, aromatize.
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