To die cloth: to infect o steine: to moyste or wette: to instruct teache. Imbuere aram. Vir. To wet or moyste the aultare. Imbuere gladium scelere. Cicer. To committe some wicked murther. Tela imbuta veneno. Ouid. Dartes infecred with poison. Tellus imbuta fcelere. Catul. Distained with wickednes. Vestis imbuta sanguine. Ouid. A garment bloudy, or beraied with bloud. Imbura Appia via sanguine lacronis. Cic. Imbucre. Pli. To instruce or teach. Milesivrbanus longo Cæsarum lacramento imbutus. Tacir. Hauing bene long time sworne to, or taught by long vse of swearing to emperonres. Doctrina institutus & imbutus. Cic. Ad quam non instituti, sed imbuti sumus, Ci. Not instructed by other, but taught of nature. Amobus imbutus aulæ. Stat. Imbuere ingenium art: bus. Pli. iun. To instruct and furnisth the minde with good sciences. Pareotum præceptis imbuti. Cic. Instenceed by our parents. Imbuere animos errore. Liu. To infect with error. Imburus superstitione. Cic. Fauore imbutus. Tac. Fortmidine imbutus. Hor. That is afearde. Leuitet literis imbutus. Quin. Pretily learned. Literulis Græcis imbutus. Horatius. Learned in the greeke tongue. Imbutum odio bellum. Ci. A warre full of hattedia cancred warre. Opinionibus animum tenerum imbuere. Cic. To infecte: t o put opinions into oues heade being yong. Imbuie mentem eorum ea opinio. Ci. That opinion is simks into their minde. Imbuere pectora pietare aliqua. Liu. Sermonibus aures alicuius imbuere. Ta. To talke with one: to occupy his eares with. Imbuere se studijs ab ineunte ærare. Cicer. To surnish himselse with learuing. Vitns aliqucm imbuere. Qui. To infect with vices: to make vitious. Adolescentuli statim castrensibns stipendijs imbuebantur Plin. iun. Yong men immediately serued, and tooke wages in warte. Amicitiæ religiosa superstitione imbutæ. Quin. Vt ciuili præda miles imbueretur. Tac. To the ende that soldiouts might hape for spoile of the citle.

I. Lit.: liquoribus lanam, Col. 9, 14, 15: tapetes, quos concha purpura imbuens venenavit, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 3: cados amurca, Plin. 15, 8, 8, 33: guttura lacte, Ov. Ib. 131: imbuti sanguine gladii legionum vel madefacti potius, wet, or rather dripping with blood, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6: sanguis novus imbuit arma, Verg. A. 7, 554: sanguine manus, Vell. 2, 20, 1: vestis imbuta sanguine, Ov. M. 9, 153: munus tabo imbutum, Hor. Epod. 5, 65: tela imbuta veneno, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 77: oscula, quae Venus Quinta parte sui nectaris imbuit, Hor. C. 1, 13, 16: odore imbuta Testa, id. Ep. 1, 2, 69.—With Gr. acc.: alium quae sunt inbuta colorem, Lucr. 2, 734 Munro.—

II. Trop.

A. In gen., to fill, tinge, stain, taint, infect, imbue, imbrue with any thing (esp. freq. in part. perf.): morte manus, Att. ap. Non. 521, 8; cf.: gladium scelere, Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20: talibus promissis aures militum, Curt. 4, 10, 17: militum sanguine manus, id. 3, 8, 5.—

(b). In part. perf.: aliqua humanitate imbuti, Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4; cf.: religione imbuti, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93: imbutus admiratione, Liv. 21, 39, 7: legiones favore Othonis, Tac. H. 2, 85: miles longo Caesarum sacramento, id. ib. 1, 5: imbuti et infecti Romanis delenimentis, Liv. 40, 11, 3: imbutus alicujus consiliis, id. 42, 26, 8: hac ille crudelitate imbutus, Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 4: superstitione, id. Fin. 1, 18, 60: sociale bellum macula sceleris imbutum, id. Font. 14, 31: colonorum caede imbutis armis, Liv. 4, 31, 7: imbutae caede manus, Ov. A. A. 2, 714: imbutae praeda manus, Tac. A. 1, 36.—

B. In partic.

1. To inspire or impress early, to accustom, inure, initiate, instruct, imbue: his ego de artibus gratiam facio, ne colas, ne inbuas eis tuom ingenium, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 17: quibus ille studiis ab ineunte aetate se imbuerat, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28; cf.: animum tenerum opinionibus, id. Att. 14, 13, B, 4: variis erroribus, id. Tusc. 3, 1, 2: adulescentuli castrensibus stipendiis imbuebantur, Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 5: liberaliter educatos servilibus vitiis imbuisse, Liv. 26, 2, 11: nemo est tam immanis, cujus mentem non imbuerit deorum opinio, Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 30; cf.: ea pietate omnium pectora imbuerat, ut, etc., Liv. 1, 21, 1: inter novitatem successoris, quae noscendis prius quam agendis rebus inbuenda sit, id. 41, 15, 8: imbuendis sociis ad officia legum, Tac. A. 12, 32: nec quicquam prius imbuuntur quam contemnere deos, id. H. 5, 5: qui honestis sermonibus aures imperatoris imbuant, id. ib. 4, 7; id. Or. 29; 31: optume cum domito juvencus imbuitur, is trained to labor, Plin. 8, 45, 70, 180.—

2. To do any thing for the first time, explore, essay, set the example (poet.): illa rudem cursu prima imbuit Amphitriten, was the first to navigate, Cat. 64, 11: terras vomere, to plough first, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 52; Val. Fl. 1, 69: phialam nectare, to fill first, Mart. 8, 51, 17: bellum sanguine, to initiate, i. e. to begin, Verg. A. 7, 542; cf. ib. 554: juvenem primo Hymenaeo (conjux), Sil. 3, 65: imbuis exemplum primae tu, Romule, palmae, begin, set the example, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 5: opus, Ov. A. A. 1, 654.—

3. Esp. in part. perf., somewhat instructed, imbued, initiated, trained: nos ita a majoribus instituti atque imbuti sumus, ut. etc., Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20; cf.: et doctrina liberaliter institutus et aliquo jam imbutus usu, id. de Or. 2, 39, 162: parentum praeceptis imbuti, id. Off. 1, 32, 118: imbutus rudimentis militiae, Vell. 2, 129, 2; cf.: imbutum jam a juventa certaminibus plebeiis, Liv. 5, 2, 13: cognitiones verborum, quibus imbuti sumus, Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16: dialecticis imbutus, id. Tusc. 1, 7, 14; cf.: litteris saltem leviter imbutus, Quint. 1, 2, 16: quasi non perfectum litteris sed imbutum, Suet. Gramm. 4: (verna) Litterulis Graecis imbutus, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 7: ad quam (legem) non docti, sed facti, non instituti, sed imbuti sumus, Cic. Mil. 4, 10; so opp. instructus: elementis studiorum etsi non instructus, at certe imbutus, Tac. Or. 19.—Poet.: aurea pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore saecla, endued, Lucr. 2, 502 Munro (dub.; v. Lachm. Lucr. 2, p. 102).