Imbrue

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
imbrue
    v 1: permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in
         blood" [syn: {imbrue}, {drench}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Imbrue \Im*brue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbureed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Imbureing}.] [Cf. OF. embruer, also embruver, embreuver,
   embrever, to give to drink, soak (see pref. {En-}, 1, 1st
   {In-}, and {Breverage}), but also OE. enbrewen, enbrowen, to
   stain, soil (cf. {Brewis}).]
   To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.
   [1913 Webster]

         While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued.
                                                  --Milton.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "imbrue":
      bathe, besprinkle, breathe, brew, color, decoct, douche, dredge,
      drench, drouk, dye, entincture, flavor, flush, imbue, impregnate,
      infiltrate, infuse, inject, instill, lave, leach, leaven,
      lixiviate, macerate, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade,
      rinse, saturate, season, seethe, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep,
      suffuse, temper, tincture, tinge, transfuse, wash, waterlog
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