Imbrue

Origin

From Old French embruer, from Germanic.

Alternative forms

• embrue

Full definition of imbrue

Verb

1. To stain (in, with, blood, slaughter, etc.).
• 1837: Edward Smallwood, Manuella, the Executioner’s Daughter ; A Story of Madrid, volume II, pages 275–276 (Bentley's Miscellany)Armed with the weapon which was destined to destroy himself, Imnaz sprang down the ladder, — found the door, and, emerging from the abode of crime, sought a more secure resting place, leaving his hostess to discover, with return of day, in whose blood were imbrued the hands of an hospiticide.

Anagrams

• erbium