imbue
verb (used with object), im·bued, im·bu·ing.
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And this imbues Europeans with a sense of moral superiority, meaning that we the Europeans are the moral avant-garde.
Patinkin imbues Saul with a hulking presence that fills entire rooms.
Instead, he imbues his work with a brooding melancholy, while maintaining both its dignity and elegance.
It imbues them with the power to create worlds and minimizes the time that they must spend with actual mortal actors.
Historical Examples of imbues
In Diodorus Aphrodite, enraged by a maiden, Derceto, imbues her with a fierce passion for a youth.
The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)Max Duncker
A Russian imbues his polite things with a heartiness, both of phrase and expression, that compels belief in their sincerity.
The Innocents AbroadMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
To what shall I liken its glorious perfection of form, or the fire that imbues the cold marble with the soul of a god?
The minister can render a service when he imbues his people with the highest ideals of business morality.
Church Cooperation in Community LifePaul L. Vogt
It imbues all classes with a respect for the thing judged, and with the notion of right.
American Institutions and Their InfluenceAlexis de Tocqueville et al.