American Dictionary of the English Language

IMBRUE, verb transitive imbru'. [Gr. to moisten.]

1. To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench in a fluid, chiefly in blood.

Whose arrows in my blood their wings imbrue

Lucius pities the offenders,

That would imbrue their hands in Cato's blood.

2. To pour out liquor.