different between imbue vs indoctrinate

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

in- +? doctrine +? -ate

Verb

indoctrinate (third-person singular simple present indoctrinates, present participle indoctrinating, simple past and past participle indoctrinated)

1. To teach with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology; to brainwash.
2. (obsolete) To teach; to instruct.

Derived terms

• indoctrination

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• indoctrinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• indoctrinate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.