Imbrue vs Dampen - What's the difference?
imbrue | dampen | Related terms |
To stain (in, with, blood, slaughter, etc.).
* 1837 : Edward Smallwood, Manuella, the Executioner’s Daughter?;?A Story of Madrid , volume II,
To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
* The Century
* 2007 October 16, Jane E. Brody, “Despite Strides, Listeria Needs Vigilance”, ,
To become damp; to deaden.
Imbrue is a related term of dampen.
As verbs the difference between imbrue and dampen
is that imbrue is to stain (in, with, blood, slaughter, etc) while dampen is to smoke, to give off smoke.imbrue
English
Alternative forms
* embrueVerb
pages 275–276]([[w:Bentley's Miscellany, Richard Bentley])
- Armed with the weapon which was destined to destroy himself, Imnaz sprang down the ladder,?—?found the door, and, emerging from the abode of crime, sought a more secure resting place, leaving his hostess to discover, with return of day, in whose blood were imbrued the hands of an hospiticide.
Anagrams
*dampen
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Verb
(en verb)- In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
- Pregnant women are 20 times as likely as other healthy young women to contract listeriosis, probably because in pregnancy the immune system is dampened to prevent rejection of the fetus.