imbuing

verb

Definition of imbuingnext
present participle of imbue
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. — 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

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