Definition: imbuing

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Imbue \Im*bue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbued; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Imbuing.] [L. imbuere; pref. im- in + perh. a disused
   simple word akin to L. bibere to drink. Cf. Imbibe.]
   1. To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes
      thoroughly imbued with black.

   2. To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or
      penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good
      principles.

            Thy words with grace divine Imbued, bring to their
            sweetness no satiety.                 --Milton.