Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to imbue
Participle: imbued
Gerund: imbuing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | imbue |
| you | imbue |
| he;she;it | imbues |
| we | imbue |
| you | imbue |
| they | imbue |
Perfect
| I | have imbued |
| you | have imbued |
| he;she;it | has imbued |
| we | have imbued |
| you | have imbued |
| they | have imbued |
Past
| I | imbued |
| you | imbued |
| he;she;it | imbued |
| we | imbued |
| you | imbued |
| they | imbued |
Pluperfect
| I | had imbued |
| you | had imbued |
| he;she;it | had imbued |
| we | had imbued |
| you | had imbued |
| they | had imbued |
Future
| I | will imbue |
| you | will imbue |
| he;she;it | will imbue |
| we | will imbue |
| you | will imbue |
| they | will imbue |
Future Perfect
| I | will have imbued |
| you | will have imbued |
| he;she;it | will have imbued |
| we | will have imbued |
| you | will have imbued |
| they | will have imbued |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | imbue |
| you | imbue |
| he;she;it | imbue |
| we | imbue |
| you | imbue |
| they | imbue |
Perfect
| I | have imbued |
| you | have imbued |
| he;she;it | have imbued |
| we | have imbued |
| you | have imbued |
| they | have imbued |
Imperfect
| I | imbued |
| you | imbued |
| he;she;it | imbued |
| we | imbued |
| you | imbued |
| they | imbued |
Pluperfect
| I | had imbued |
| you | had imbued |
| he;she;it | had imbued |
| we | had imbued |
| you | had imbued |
| they | had imbued |
Conditional
Present
| I | would imbue |
| you | would imbue |
| he;she;it | would imbue |
| we | would imbue |
| you | would imbue |
| they | would imbue |
Perfect
| I | would have imbued |
| you | would have imbued |
| he;she;it | would have imbued |
| we | would have imbued |
| you | would have imbued |
| they | would have imbued |
Imperative
| you | imbue |
| we | Let's imbue |
| you | imbue |
Verbs conjugated like 'imbue'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'imbue'
embue,
imbrue,
amble,
bimble,
embrue,
embus,
fimble,
gimble,
image,
imban,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1550, "to cause to absorb" (feelings, opinions, etc.), from M.Fr.
imbu (infl. by L.
imbutus, pp. of
imbuere "moisten, stain"), earlier
embu, pp. of
emboire, from L.
imbibere "drink in, soak in."
2. From Latin imbuō (“wet, moisten”). Compare imbibe. See: Latin '
imbuō'.
Sample Sentences
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Now, I appeal to every human mind, imbued with the commonest of common sense, and the commonest of common humanity; to all dispassionate, reasoning creatures, of any shade of opinion; and ask, with these revolting evidences of the state of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)