imbued
Americanadjective
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permeated or inspired, as with an ideal, meaning, characteristic, etc..
The article provides a picture of the Jewish Diaspora and its shift from sacredly imbued patterns to more secular ones.
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saturated or impregnated, as with moisture, color, etc..
Those snow cones you buy at street fairs are all far too sweet and imbued with dye.
verb
Other Word Forms
- unimbued adjective
Etymology
Origin of imbued
Example Sentences
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The narrative swap imbued the character with a more substantial motivation.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
A seductively smooth-gliding shot shows us the point of view from a moving motorbike at night, imbued with a sense of quiet mastery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
From a family of celebrated poets, Beyzai was imbued in the deepest traditions of Persian culture from birth.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
“Cloud Dancer is a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection. A billowy white imbued with serenity,” they wrote.
From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025
Inside the thin platinum-plated “skin” of the globe was a positronic brain, in whose delicately unstable structure were enforced calculated neuronic paths, which imbued each robot with what amounted to a pre-natal education.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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