"imbue" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈbjuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-imbue.wav Forms: imbues [present, singular, third-person], imbuing [participle, present], imbued [participle, past], imbued [past]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From Latin imbuō (“wet, moisten”). Compare imbibe. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|imbuō||wet, moisten}} Latin imbuō (“wet, moisten”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} imbue (third-person singular simple present imbues, present participle imbuing, simple past and past participle imbued)
  1. (transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality. Tags: transitive Translations (to wet or stain completely): напоявам (napojavam) (Bulgarian), насищам (nasištam) (Bulgarian), imbuir (Catalan), prodchnout [perfective] (Czech), prosáknout [perfective] (Czech), nat maken (Dutch), bevlekken (Dutch), kyllästää (Finnish), imprégner (French), tränken (German), átitat (Hungarian), permeare (Italian), tingere (Italian), imbuō (Latin), imbuir (Portuguese), îmbiba (Romanian), impregna (Romanian), пропи́тывать (propítyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), просо́чувати (prosóčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), просочи́ти (prosočýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-imbue-en-verb-bR~1dy75 Disambiguation of 'to wet or stain completely': 86 14
  2. In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality. Translations (to permeate or impregnate completely): пропивам (propivam) (Bulgarian), impregnar (Catalan), prodchnout [perfective] (Czech), naplnit [perfective] (Czech), nasytit [perfective] (Czech), doortrekken (Dutch), doordrenken (Dutch), kyllästää (Finnish), imprégner (French), durchdringen (German), átitat (Hungarian), impregnare (Italian), permeare (Italian), imbuir (Portuguese), impregnar (Portuguese), impregna (Romanian), насыща́ть (nasyščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), genomsyra (Swedish), snätk- (Tocharian B), просо́чувати (prosóčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), просочи́ти (prosočýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-imbue-en-verb-5WcCFACR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'to permeate or impregnate completely': 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imbuement

Adjective [French]

IPA: /ɛ̃.by/
Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} imbue
  1. feminine singular of imbu Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: imbu
    Sense id: en-imbue-fr-adj-r2zwrgyx Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Latin]

IPA: /ˈim.bu.e/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈɪmbuɛ] [Classical-Latin], /ˈim.bu.e/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈimbue] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form}} imbue
  1. second-person singular present active imperative of imbuō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, present, second-person, singular Form of: imbuō
    Sense id: en-imbue-la-verb-4SxIFRyB Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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        "(transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality."
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      "roman": "napojavam",
      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
      "word": "напоявам"
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      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
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      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
      "word": "nat maken"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
      "word": "bevlekken"
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      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
      "word": "kyllästää"
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      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
      "word": "imprégner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
      "word": "tränken"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
      "word": "átitat"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
      "word": "permeare"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
      "word": "tingere"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "note": "染める (そめる, someru, literally “dye”)",
      "sense": "to wet or stain completely"
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      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
      "word": "imbuō"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
      "word": "imbuir"
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      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
      "word": "impregna"
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      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пропи́тывать"
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      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "to wet or stain completely",
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      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
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      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
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      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
      "word": "durchdringen"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
      "word": "átitat"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "吹き込む (ふきこむ, fukikomu, literally “blow into”)",
      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
      "word": "imbuir"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
      "word": "impregnar"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "word": "impregna"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "насыща́ть"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
      "word": "genomsyra"
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      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
      "word": "snätk-"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
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        "imperfective"
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      "sense": "to permeate or impregnate completely",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "просочи́ти"
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}

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      "ipa": "/ˈim.bu.e/",
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}

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