If someone or something is imbued with an idea, feeling, or quality, they become filled with it. As you listen, you notice how every single word is imbued with a breathless sense of wonder. men who can imbue their hearers with enthusiasm. = infuse + imbued im·bued a Guards officer imbued with a military sense of duty and loyalty. imbue with to make someone or something have a quality, idea, or emotion very strongly