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imbue (verb):
1: endow
2: to permeate or influence as if by dyeing
3: to tinge or dye deeply

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology :Like its synonym infuse, imbue implies the introduction of one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. Someone’s voice can be imbued with pride, for example, or a photograph might be imbued with a sense of melancholy. In the past imbue has also been used synonymously with imbrue, an obscure word meaning “to drench or stain,” but the two words are likely unrelated. Imbue comes from the Latin verb imbuere, meaning “to dye, wet, or moisten.” Imbrue has been traced back through Anglo-French and Old French to the Latin verb bibere, meaning “to drink.”

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