imbrue

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English embrewen, from Old French *embrever (whence Middle French embreuver), metathetic variant of embevrer (“to imbibe, steep, penetrate, soak”) (with same stem variation found in French abreuver and beuverie), from Vulgar Latin imbiberāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɹuː/ Rhymes: -uː === Verb === imbrue (third-person singular simple present imbrues, present participle imbruing, simple past and past participle imbrued) (transitive) To stain [with in or with ‘blood, slaughter, etc.’]. ==== Alternative forms ==== embrue ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === erbium, imbuer