Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Imbrue

Imbrue , transitive verb

[Compare Old French embruer, also embruver, embreuver, embrever, to give to drink, soak (see pref. En-, 1, 1st In-, and Breverage), but also Old English enbrewen, enbrowen, to stain, soil (compare Brewis).]

To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.
While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued. — Milton