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
George Clooney, 'Syriana' (2006) Even with some extra weight and bushy facial hair, Clooney can't hide his talent for imbuing watchable humanity into a role.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Lem’s Bar-B-Q, in its 71st year, still serves countless rib tips and hot links to customers crossing generations, who have stayed loyal to the Lemons’ family tradition of imbuing generous cuts of meat with the flavors of hickory wood, charcoal and fire.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
First, a period of cosmic inflation occurred, stretching the Universe flat, imbuing it with the same temperature/density properties everywhere, and seeding it with primordial quantum fluctuations that get stretched to all cosmic scales.
—Big Think, 25 Feb. 2025
Some are reviving the genre’s gospel roots; others are imbuing the form with hip-hop and global influences.
—German Lopez, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Pattinson creates two distinct characters out of Mickey 17 and 18, delivering streams of voiceover in a cartoonish American accent for the former and imbuing the latter with aggressive volatility.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
Engineers prioritized imbuing emotions, not traditional off-road capabilities.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025
The classic tradition of imbuing fruit with a glistening sugar glaze can be daunting, but is widely accessible as far as ingredients go.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Some former staff also point to struggles to preserve the assistant’s original attributes, including its consistency and functionality, while imbuing it with new generative features such as creativity and free-flowing dialogue.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Lem’s Bar-B-Q, in its 71st year, still serves countless rib tips and hot links to customers crossing generations, who have stayed loyal to the Lemons’ family tradition of imbuing generous cuts of meat with the flavors of hickory wood, charcoal and fire.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
First, a period of cosmic inflation occurred, stretching the Universe flat, imbuing it with the same temperature/density properties everywhere, and seeding it with primordial quantum fluctuations that get stretched to all cosmic scales.
—Big Think, 25 Feb. 2025
Some are reviving the genre’s gospel roots; others are imbuing the form with hip-hop and global influences.
—German Lopez, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Pattinson creates two distinct characters out of Mickey 17 and 18, delivering streams of voiceover in a cartoonish American accent for the former and imbuing the latter with aggressive volatility.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
Engineers prioritized imbuing emotions, not traditional off-road capabilities.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025
The classic tradition of imbuing fruit with a glistening sugar glaze can be daunting, but is widely accessible as far as ingredients go.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Some former staff also point to struggles to preserve the assistant’s original attributes, including its consistency and functionality, while imbuing it with new generative features such as creativity and free-flowing dialogue.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Imbuing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imbuing. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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