different between imbue vs besoul

English

Etymology

From Latin imbu? (“wet, moisten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?bju?/

Verb

imbue (third-person singular simple present imbues, present participle imbuing, simple past and past participle imbued)

1. (transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.

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

Usage notes

• Imbue takes meaning from the word imbibe, which means "to absorb or to be filled with".

Derived terms

• imbuement

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.by/

Adjective

imbue

1. feminine singular of imbu

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?im.bu.e/, [??mbu?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?im.bu.e/, [?imbu?]

Verb

imbue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of imbu?

English

Etymology

From be- (“unto, on, upon”) +? soul. Compare Dutch bezielen.

Verb

besoul (third-person singular simple present besouls, present participle besouling, simple past and past participle besouled)

1. (transitive) To imbue or endow with a soul.

Derived terms

• besouled

Anagrams

• Belous, Lobues, blouse, boules, obelus