infuse vs. imbue

imbuse me with courage     He infused courage into her. 

1 infuse	introduce; soak
Synonyms:	animate, breathe into, imbue, impart, implant, impregnate, inculcate, indoctrinate, ingrain, inoculate, inspire, instill, intersperse, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, plant, saturate, steep, suffuse

 

2 imbue: infuse,saturate
Synonyms:	bathe, diffuse, impregnate, inculcate, infix, ingrain, inoculate, instill, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, steep, suffuse
Antonyms:	drain, take out

refuse--confuse

 

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• Learned "imbue". Happy Thanksgiving. -斓婷- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/21/2012 postreply 07:15:10