imbrue

Meanings

Verb

permeate or impregnate
To stain [with in or with ‘blood, slaughter, etc.’].

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English embrewen, from Old French *embrever (whence Middle French embreuver), metathetic variant of embevrer (“to imbibe, steep, penetrate, soak”) (with same stem variation found in French abreuver and beuverie), from Vulgar Latin imbiberāre.

Synonyms

drench

Scrabble Score: 10

imbrue is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
imbrue is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
imbrue is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

imbrue is a valid Words With Friends word