as in suffusing
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
her training at the school for the deaf imbued her with a sense of purpose that she had never known before
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Recent Examples of imbuing
Diop departs from the strict orthodoxy of documentary film by imbuing the artifacts with human voice, narrated by five different actors.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
What hasn’t changed this year is the family’s commitment to imbuing fun with philanthropy.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 23 Dec. 2024
As the two compete to disprove the existence of the other’s passion, they get caught up in an encounter of both the spiritual and paranormal, imbuing both teenagers with powers beyond belief.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
But series creator and director Joe Barton paired back many of the most horrific details of the true story, instead imbuing Black Doves with a surprisingly warm, witty, and jocular tone despite the material.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Beyond that, Christmas works wonders as a backdrop, imbuing Carol with a mixture of warmth, melancholy, nostalgia, and regret that only the holidays can conjure.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Kid sold the hell out of it, imbuing it with personality, life and feeling for days.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 26 Nov. 2024
That’s only one instance in which the writing reveals itself overly preoccupied with ticking off boxes, and not as much with imbuing the concept, which consistently feels derivative in a saccharine manner, with brushes of originality.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
One hypothesis posits that it was used to electrify religious idols, creating a shocking experience when touched, thereby imbuing the object with a sense of divine or supernatural power.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2024
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
What hasn’t changed this year is the family’s commitment to imbuing fun with philanthropy.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 23 Dec. 2024
As the two compete to disprove the existence of the other’s passion, they get caught up in an encounter of both the spiritual and paranormal, imbuing both teenagers with powers beyond belief.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
But series creator and director Joe Barton paired back many of the most horrific details of the true story, instead imbuing Black Doves with a surprisingly warm, witty, and jocular tone despite the material.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Beyond that, Christmas works wonders as a backdrop, imbuing Carol with a mixture of warmth, melancholy, nostalgia, and regret that only the holidays can conjure.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Kid sold the hell out of it, imbuing it with personality, life and feeling for days.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 26 Nov. 2024
That’s only one instance in which the writing reveals itself overly preoccupied with ticking off boxes, and not as much with imbuing the concept, which consistently feels derivative in a saccharine manner, with brushes of originality.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
One hypothesis posits that it was used to electrify religious idols, creating a shocking experience when touched, thereby imbuing the object with a sense of divine or supernatural power.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Imbuing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imbuing. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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