- a variation of embed.
imbed
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Then — and I’m not sure how you’ll do this — you must imbed belief, building upon the jilted relationships and smoldering ashes and shards of broken glass DeBoer left behind.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
While Trudeau may be the immediate benefactor, it also gives the Conservatives more time to imbed a new leader after their convention in September.
From Reuters ● Mar. 25, 2022
He says circle hooks, which are bent farther toward the hook’s shaft, are likelier to imbed in the mouth and easier to remove before releasing the fish.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2016
As interactions with machines increase in our daily life, we will need to learn to imbed them with values that are aligned with ours.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2016
Tears fell on every stone which he pocketed, and upon the old block which he took in his arms, to imbed in the coffin-shell so as to give it the due weight of a corpse.
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
“Expect an imbedded risk premium until there is more concrete news about the two sides meeting.”
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025
“We have personnel imbedded to help and monitor.”
From The Verge ● Mar. 3, 2022
The experiment, which started in June, imbedded a “triage pod,” of paramedics, public health clinicians and dispatchers to review the best response to non-emergency 911 calls.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
Stair lights: Lights imbedded in a deck’s stair trim are handy if you have a dark stairway, and are generally easy to install.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2021
Tiny dents in the silver created intricate and delicate patterns where turquoise and red coral were imbedded.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
This on-the-job training could be best done by imbedding more U.S. military personnel in Iraqi deployed units.
From The Iraq Study Group Report by Iraq Study Group (U.S.)
Moses, recognizing the influence of the crowd even when in the wrong, felt the necessity of imbedding in the Jewish code this declaration: "Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil."
From Unfettered A Novel by Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert)
M. A. de, on Pampean mud, 170.Organic remains, controversy as to real nature of, 19.——, imbedding of.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Dr., on coral in Madagascar, 778.Alloa, whale cast ashore at, 771.Alluvium, imbedding of organic remains in, 780.——, volcanic, 386.——, stalagmite, alternating with, in caves, 736.Alps,
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
But my efforts to impress Lancey’s mind had the satisfactory effect of imbedding minute points of the language deeply in my own memory.
From In the Track of the Troops by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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