imbue

tr.v., -bued, -bu·ing, -bues.

1. To inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade: work imbued with the revolutionary spirit. See synonyms at charge.
2. To permeate or saturate.
3. To stain or dye deeply.

[Middle English enbuen, imbeuen, from Latin imbuere, to moisten, stain.]

verb

To cause to be filled, as with a particular mood or tone: charge, freight, impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate, suffuse, transfuse. See full/empty/capacity.

v

Definition: infuse, saturate
Antonyms: drain, take out

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IN BRIEF: To inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade.

Her speech was imbued with many references to freedom.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - imprægnere, gennemtrænge, farve

Nederlands (Dutch)
(door)drenken, bezoedelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - imprégner, pénétrer (littér)

Deutsch (German)
v. - färben, (durch)tränken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εμποτίζω, διαποτίζω

Italiano (Italian)
imbevere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - impregnar, tingir

Русский (Russian)
насыщать, вдохновлять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - imbuir, empapar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - genomsyra, uppfylla, impregnera, (starkt) färga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使感染, 鼓吹, 使蒙受

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使感染, 鼓吹, 使蒙受

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 물들이다, 듬뿍 스며들게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 浸透させる, 吹き込む, 染める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصبغ, يشرب بفكرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮מילא (לב, מוח), החדיר, צבע, הספיג, הרווה‬

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