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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD IMBRUE

From Old French embreuver, from Latin imbibereimbibe.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF IMBRUE

imbrue  [ɪmˈbruː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMBRUE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Imbrue is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb imbrue in English.

WHAT DOES IMBRUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of imbrue in the English dictionary

The definition of imbrue in the dictionary is to stain, esp with blood. Other definition of imbrue is to permeate or impregnate.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO IMBRUE

PRESENT

Present
I imbrue
you imbrue
he/she/it imbrues
we imbrue
you imbrue
they imbrue
Present continuous
I am imbruing
you are imbruing
he/she/it is imbruing
we are imbruing
you are imbruing
they are imbruing
Present perfect
I have imbrued
you have imbrued
he/she/it has imbrued
we have imbrued
you have imbrued
they have imbrued
Present perfect continuous
I have been imbruing
you have been imbruing
he/she/it has been imbruing
we have been imbruing
you have been imbruing
they have been imbruing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I imbrued
you imbrued
he/she/it imbrued
we imbrued
you imbrued
they imbrued
Past continuous
I was imbruing
you were imbruing
he/she/it was imbruing
we were imbruing
you were imbruing
they were imbruing
Past perfect
I had imbrued
you had imbrued
he/she/it had imbrued
we had imbrued
you had imbrued
they had imbrued
Past perfect continuous
I had been imbruing
you had been imbruing
he/she/it had been imbruing
we had been imbruing
you had been imbruing
they had been imbruing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will imbrue
you will imbrue
he/she/it will imbrue
we will imbrue
you will imbrue
they will imbrue
Future continuous
I will be imbruing
you will be imbruing
he/she/it will be imbruing
we will be imbruing
you will be imbruing
they will be imbruing
Future perfect
I will have imbrued
you will have imbrued
he/she/it will have imbrued
we will have imbrued
you will have imbrued
they will have imbrued
Future perfect continuous
I will have been imbruing
you will have been imbruing
he/she/it will have been imbruing
we will have been imbruing
you will have been imbruing
they will have been imbruing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would imbrue
you would imbrue
he/she/it would imbrue
we would imbrue
you would imbrue
they would imbrue
Conditional continuous
I would be imbruing
you would be imbruing
he/she/it would be imbruing
we would be imbruing
you would be imbruing
they would be imbruing
Conditional perfect
I would have imbrue
you would have imbrue
he/she/it would have imbrue
we would have imbrue
you would have imbrue
they would have imbrue
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been imbruing
you would have been imbruing
he/she/it would have been imbruing
we would have been imbruing
you would have been imbruing
they would have been imbruing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you imbrue
we let´s imbrue
you imbrue
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to imbrue
Past participle
imbrued
Present Participle
imbruing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMBRUE


Andrew
ˈændruː
brew
bruː
broo
bruː
bru
bruː
click-through
ˈklɪkˌθruː
crew
kruː
drew
druː
embrue
ɪmˈbruː
grew
ɡruː
guru
ˈɡʊruː
Hebrew
ˈhiːbruː
microbrew
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌbruː
Nauru
nɑːˈuːruː
Peru
pəˈruː
rue
ruː
screw
skruː
threw
θruː
through
θruː
thru
θruː
true
truː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMBRUE

imbed
imbedded
imbedding
imbibe
imbiber
imbibition
imbizo
Imbolc
Imbolg
imbricate
imbricated
imbricately
imbrication
imbroglio
Imbros
imbruement
imbruing
imbue
imbuement
imbuing

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMBRUE

accrue
congrue
construe
goat´s-rue
grue
half-true
meadow rue
misconstrue
not true
ring true
sprue
untrue
wall rue

Synonyms and antonyms of imbrue in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «imbrue» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMBRUE

Find out the translation of imbrue to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of imbrue from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «imbrue» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

imbrue
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

empapar
570 millions of speakers

English

imbrue
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रंजित करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضرج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

imbrue
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imbrue
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভিজান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ensanglanter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tersembunyi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

imbrue
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

imbrue
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

imbrue
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Imbrue
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm dơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

imbrue
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्पष्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boyamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

imbrue
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

imbrue
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

imbrue
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

păta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

imbrue
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

imbrue
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

imbrue
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

imbrue
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of imbrue

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMBRUE»

The term «imbrue» is used very little and occupies the 151.529 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMBRUE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «imbrue» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «imbrue» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about imbrue

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMBRUE»

Discover the use of imbrue in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to imbrue and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English Etymology: Or, a Derivative Dictionary of the ...
we might rather suppose it comes simply 5. Beacxlwv, brachium; the arm: the arm being enzployed in the action of embracing a friend, by throwing our arms round his neck. . EM-BREXN', commonly written, and pronounced imbrue; but from ...
George William Lemon, 1783
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
Der. imbue, q.v.; imbrue, q. v. IMBITTER, to render bitter. (E.; with F. prefix.) ' Why loads he this imbitter'd life with shame?' Dryden, tr. of Homer's Iliad, b. i. l. 494. From Im- (I) and Bitter. IMBODY, the same as Embody. (E.; with F. prefix.) In Milton ...
Walter W. Skeat, 2013
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English etymology / Lemon, George William: or, a derivative ...
EM-BREW, commonly written, and pronounced imbrue ; but from whence they would deduce that orthogr. would be difficult to fay : Upton indeed, under the art. imbrue, has given us a Gr. verb, contrived and constituted according to the ...
George William Lemon, 1783
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English etymology; or, A derivative dictionary of the ...
all lexicons write it E^t^u, ' irrigo ; and consequently it ought to be wjitten embrew, not imbrue ; this latter imbrue seems to bear a closer affinity with tmbuo, than E^t^ u, and should rather be written imbue, than imbrue : now, though both the ...
George William Lemon, 1783
5
Three tracts published at Amsterdam: in the years 1691 and ...
... as to give-out insolent and menacing Speeches against the Parliament itself, and to * The first Blood that was drawn in this1 Cause, was in that very place wbei e the King's own Blood wa' afterwards shed, imbrueimbrue their Hands in the ...
Edmund Ludlow, Richard Hollingworth, Slingsby Bethel, 1812
6
The principal roots of the Greek language
... omen 9 sheep 10 shower, rain 1 1 an assembly 12 navel method* synod* odontalgia* anodyne* economy* proem* oenanthe* oiseau (Fr.) ovation* to imbrue* homily* omphalodes* 1 Cardionchus] from Kapha, the heart, and oyKog, swelling ...
Whitmore Hall, 1850
7
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
Henly Pope. IMBRUE, v. a. [from in and brut.] 1. to soak ; to wet much or long. This iereutly written with im or cm. I have both mode* of writing.— mad'st many hearts to bleed victors, with wide wounds embru'd, cruel darts to thee fubdu'd. Spens.
‎1816
8
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
*Tt IMBRUE, v. a. [from in and brue.] 1. Jttsrp; to soak ; to wet much or long. This 1 ^differently written with im or em. I have sed both modes of writing. — Then mad'ft many hearts to bleetl 1. with wide wounds embru'd, darts to thee subdu'd.
‎1816
9
Dictionary of Confusable Words
To imbrue, as a rare word, means to stain or permeate, often tellingly: 'The murderer's hands were imbrued with blood.' immeasurable see immense immense/immeasurable Immense means very great or huge: 'Oliver had an immense amount ...
Adrian Room, 2013
10
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
Knelles's Hsst.— At me, as at a mark his bow he drew, Whose arrows in my blood their wings imbrue. Sands/. Lucius pities the offenders, . Voi. Xn. Part I. That would emlrue their hands in Cato's blood. Addison. Lo ! these hands in murder are ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMBRUE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term imbrue is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bell looking to break more long runs
... during Bell's suspension and also mentor Bell on how to be a professional by avoided situations/relationships that can imbrue his career. «Steelers.com, Jun 15»
2
EXCLUSIVE: Nikki Jean Talks New EP, Working With Lupe Fiasco …
Whatever you imbrue your dreams with has the power to save your life. To the extent that Hip Hop ever did, it still does. But it's really not what ... «AllHipHop, Dec 14»
3
Jameis Winston: Too much hype, and why that's bad for him
They turtle and shy away from further exposure, or they look at it as an opportunity to further imbrue their image and become a personification of ... «FanSided, Sep 14»
4
Improved New York streetscapes give businesses a boost, mayor's …
Frank Imbrue, manager of Dr. Jay's Ladies, a clothing store on Fordham Rd., said sales haven't reached pre-recession levels, but they are ... «New York Daily News, Oct 12»
5
Kurtwood Smith Joins Making Of Psycho, Wallace Langham Circles
... but I do trust that Langham, a truly talented and skilled character actor, will imbrue a depth to the role of Bass, no matter how small it may be. «Cinema Blend, Apr 12»
6
The South Rises Again – and Again, and Again
Stephen Mallory of Florida blasted the North with brimstone: “You cannot conquer us. Imbrue your hands in our blood and the rains of a century ... «New York Times, Jan 11»
7
Brian Williams Horrified He Offended Gays In Queen Elizabeth Story
... another, tangentially related context (here, marriage in a general sense) without invoking the stereotypes that imbrue [sic] its common usage. «NewsBusters, Nov 07»

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