Past tense of imbue
regular verb
The past tense of imbue is imbued. The past participle is also imbued.
Forms of imbue
| Base form (V1) | imbue /ɪmˈbjuː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | imbued |
| Past participle (V3) | imbued |
| Present participle | imbuing |
| Third person singular | imbues |
Imbued in a sentence
- The shirt was imbued with his scent.
- The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness.
- Salvant imbued it with Wilsonian hyperclarity, suavely allowing the tune to indict itself.2015 August 26, Nate Chinen, “Review: Cécile McLorin Salvant Wields Her Power, Drawing From Her Album ‘For One to Love’”, in New York Times. From the entry hyperclarity
- These internal drives were called "entelechies," and Aristotleians held that the entire universe is imbued with entelechies.2014, Guido Bonino, Greg Jesson, Javier Cumpa, editors, Defending Realism: Ontological and Epistemological Investigations, Berlin: Walter…. From the entry entelechy
- On the one hand, it was certainly imbued with the desire for change (rampant neophilia).2013, Jonathan Hughes, Simon Sadler, Non-Plan: Essays on Freedom, Participation and Change in Modern Architecture and Urbanism, Routledge…. From the entry neophilia
Meaning of imbue
- verb To instill or inspire (someone) with a certain quality, feeling, or idea.
- verb To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
- verb In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
Questions about the past tense of imbue
- What is the past tense of imbue?
- The past tense of imbue is imbued.
- What is the past participle of imbue?
- The past participle of imbue is imbued.
- Is imbue a regular or irregular verb?
- Imbue is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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