imbued
Americanadjective
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permeated or inspired, as with an ideal, meaning, characteristic, etc..
The article provides a picture of the Jewish Diaspora and its shift from sacredly imbued patterns to more secular ones.
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saturated or impregnated, as with moisture, color, etc..
Those snow cones you buy at street fairs are all far too sweet and imbued with dye.
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Now, with her latest show Youth, Horgan puts the spotlight on 50-something women, imbued with her trademark tightly balanced mix of hilarity and pathos.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The new LP is imbued with various Latin genre fusions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
"Human conversations are imbued with background assumptions that give meaning and relevance to the words being used," Denning explains.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
In “Gowanus Crossing,” Vincent Coppola’s elegiac memoir, even the pollution is imbued with longing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
“The great bogatyri are humans who are imbued with magic power,” Yedsha said.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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