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Imbue vs Ensued - What's the difference?

imbue | ensued |

As verbs the difference between imbue and ensued

is that imbue is (transitive): to wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality while ensued is (ensue).

imbue

English

Verb

(imbu)
  • (transitive): To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
    • The shirt was imbued with his scent.
  • In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
    • The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness.

    Usage notes

    * Imbue takes meaning from the word imbibe, which means "to absorb or to be filled with".

    ensued

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ensue)

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    ensue

    English

    Verb

    (ensu)
  • (obsolete) To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).
  • * 1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.ii:
    • to ripenesse of mans state they grew: / Then shewing forth signes of their fathers blood, / They loued armes, and knighthood did ensew , / Seeking aduentures [...].
  • * Golding
    • To ensue his example in doing the like mischief.
  • *1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays , III.11:
  • *:Oh how many changes are like to ensue this reformation!
    • Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue .

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