imbues
Fills with quality
Imbues is the third-person singular of imbue, meaning to permeate or fill with a quality, feeling, or idea.
The word suggests something absorbed deeply rather than applied superficially: Her teaching imbues students with curiosity.
Often passive: The ceremony was imbued with solemnity.
The quality imbued is usually abstract—spirit, meaning, significance.
Gradually introduces into
- permeatesPasses through entirely
- saturatesFills to maximum capacity
- suffusesSpreads gradually through
- fillsOccupies completely
steeps · soaks · penetrates · pervades · infuses · drenches · floods · charges
Consecrates or sanctifies
- consecratesMakes ritually holy
- sanctifiesMakes sacred or holy
- hallowsMakes holy or reveres
- anointsApplies consecrating oil
empowers · inspires · enlightens · awakens · transforms · energizes · vitalizes · animates
instills
Gradually introduces into
fills · steeps · soaks · penetrates · pervades · infuses · drenches · floods · charges · loads
blesses
Consecrates or sanctifies
- consecratesMakes ritually holy
- sanctifiesMakes sacred or holy
- hallowsMakes holy or reveres
anoints · empowers · inspires · enlightens · awakens · transforms · energizes · vitalizes · animates · enlivens
inculcates
Implants by repetition
passes · teaches · nurtures · cultivates · develops · fosters · shapes · molds · forms · influences
evokes
Brings forth mentally
renders · communicates · transmits · projects · radiates · emanates · atmosphere · mood · tone · feeling