Dec 7, 2008 - It all ended very badly when one toad specimen was found to be faked (by. So let's start with the non-scientific reasons why Kammerer's ideas had resonance. That perspective leads him to imbue certain events with much more significance. Gavin on the one hand kudos for cleverly connecting this.
verb (used with object),im·bued,im·bu·ing.
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Now, way up high in the North Carolina mountains, a Land of Oz can imbue a little magic.
Follow the Yellow Brick Road…to North Carolina|Nina Strochlic|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEASTAnd the use of reverberating metallic sound effects to imbue every other moment with sinister portent gets tedious after awhile.
‘Broadchurch’ Is Great TV for Fans of ‘Downton Abbey,’ ‘Doctor Who,’ and ‘Prime Suspect’|Andrew Romano|August 7, 2013|DAILY BEASTThey had hoped for a younger man with more manifest energy and charisma to imbue the church with a new spirit.
The Pope Francis’ Homeless Fans|Michael Daly|March 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST“Unfortunately, the Jesuits failed to imbue me with the true Christian faith,” Castro told Frei Betto.
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How could she fail to imbue him with the finest ideals of her race?
Wars and rumors of wars served merely to imbue it with certain heroic fervor.
Her mother, says Madame de Caylus, was anxious to imbue her with principles of sound piety.
And more specifically he must imbue himself with the spirit of the childlike literature.
Literature in the Elementary School|Porter Lander MacClintockBut even if it would not expose itself, it would be infinitely best to imbue it with righteous principle.
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verb-bues, -buingor-bued (tr usually foll by with)
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v.early 15c., 'to keep wet; to soak, saturate;' also figuratively 'to cause to absorb' (feelings, opinions, etc.), from Latin imbuere 'moisten,' of uncertain origin, perhaps from the same root as imbrication. Cf. also Old French embu, past participle of emboivre, from Latin imbibere 'drink in, soak in' (see imbibe), which might have influenced the English word. Related: Imbued; imbuing.