imbue

verb

Etymology: From Latin imbuō (“wet, moisten”). Compare imbibe.

1. To instill or inspire (someone) with a certain quality, feeling, or idea.

   “The patriarchal lives of my protectors caused these impressions to take a firm hold on my mind; perhaps, if my first introduction to humanity had been made by a young soldier, burning for glory and slaughter, I should have been imbued with different sensations.”

2. To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.

   “The shirt was imbued with his scent.”

   “I might leave the answering of one part of the objection to physicians and chymists, who teach, that the antimonial glass and cup imbue wine and other liquors with a strong emetic quality, without any sensible loss of weight.”

3. In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.

   “The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness.”