Im-brue', v. t.
(im-brū'), v. t. [imp. & p. p. IMBRUED; p. pr. & vb. n. IMBRUING.] [Prefix im, for in, and O. Eng. brue, to imbrue, allied to brew.]
Sense 1. To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench in a fluid, as in blood. “The stream with blood of Scots imbrued.” Milton.
Lucius pities the offenders, That would imbrue their hands in Cato's blood. Addison.
Sense 2. To pour out or distill. [Obs.] Spenser.