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Definition of Imbues
1. imbue [v] - See also: imbue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imbues
Literary usage of Imbues
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Congress of Representative Women: A Historical Résumé for by May Wright Sewall (1894)
"... analysis and application of the text, which the revised version lifts out of
dead history, and translating it into current life, imbues with prophecy. ..."
2. The Life of the Baroness Von Marenholtz-Bülow, by Bertha Bülow-Wendhausen (1901)
"imbues every mechanical work with spirit, making it organic, this work alone will
lead man to dominate completely the whole material world with his forces, ..."
3. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Parsons Lathrop, Julian Hawthorne (1883)
"... I believe I have stated, is Roman ; but, be it what it may, the grand and
simple character of the figure imbues the robes with its individual propriety. ..."
4. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1899)
"... grand and simple character of the figure imbues the robes with its individual
propriety. I still think it the greatest miracle ever wrought in marble. ..."
5. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1888)
"... grand and simple character of the figure imbues the robes with its individual
propriety. I still think it the greatest miracle ever wrought in marble. ..."
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