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imbrue

im·brue [ im br ] (past and past participle im·brued, present participle im·bru·ing, 3rd person present singular im·brues)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
stain: to stain something, especially with blood ( archaic or literary )

[Early 16th century. < Old French embruer "to soil, spatter"]
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