Im-bāthe', v. t.

[imp. & p. p. IMBATHED; p. pr. & vb. n. IMBATHING.] [Prefix im and bathe.] To bathe all over.

And gave her to her daughters to imbathe, In nectared lavers strowed with asphodel. Milton.

Methinks a sovereign and reviving joy must needs rush into the bosom of him that reads or hears: and the sweet odor of the returning gospel imbathe his soul with the fragrance of heaven. Milton.