embrue
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em·brue
(ĕm-bro͞o′)v.
Variant of imbrue.
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embrue
(ɪmˈbruː)vb, -brues, -bruing or -brued
a variant spelling of imbrue
emˈbruement n
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im•brue
(ɪmˈbru)also embrue
v.t. -brued, -bru•ing.
to stain.
[1400–50; late Middle English enbrewen < Middle French embreuver to cause to drink in, soak, drench < Vulgar Latin *imbiberāre, derivative of Latin imbibere to imbibe]
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embrue
Past participle: embrued
Gerund: embruing
| Imperative |
|---|
| embrue |
| embrue |
| Present |
|---|
| I embrue |
| you embrue |
| he/she/it embrues |
| we embrue |
| you embrue |
| they embrue |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I embrued |
| you embrued |
| he/she/it embrued |
| we embrued |
| you embrued |
| they embrued |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am embruing |
| you are embruing |
| he/she/it is embruing |
| we are embruing |
| you are embruing |
| they are embruing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have embrued |
| you have embrued |
| he/she/it has embrued |
| we have embrued |
| you have embrued |
| they have embrued |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was embruing |
| you were embruing |
| he/she/it was embruing |
| we were embruing |
| you were embruing |
| they were embruing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had embrued |
| you had embrued |
| he/she/it had embrued |
| we had embrued |
| you had embrued |
| they had embrued |
| Future |
|---|
| I will embrue |
| you will embrue |
| he/she/it will embrue |
| we will embrue |
| you will embrue |
| they will embrue |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have embrued |
| you will have embrued |
| he/she/it will have embrued |
| we will have embrued |
| you will have embrued |
| they will have embrued |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be embruing |
| you will be embruing |
| he/she/it will be embruing |
| we will be embruing |
| you will be embruing |
| they will be embruing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been embruing |
| you have been embruing |
| he/she/it has been embruing |
| we have been embruing |
| you have been embruing |
| they have been embruing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been embruing |
| you will have been embruing |
| he/she/it will have been embruing |
| we will have been embruing |
| you will have been embruing |
| they will have been embruing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been embruing |
| you had been embruing |
| he/she/it had been embruing |
| we had been embruing |
| you had been embruing |
| they had been embruing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would embrue |
| you would embrue |
| he/she/it would embrue |
| we would embrue |
| you would embrue |
| they would embrue |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have embrued |
| you would have embrued |
| he/she/it would have embrued |
| we would have embrued |
| you would have embrued |
| they would have embrued |
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imbrue
also embrueverb
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