All 3 Uses

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Outcasts United
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And as a women's college, Smith was focused on imbuing its students with the very sort of self-reliance and self-confidence Luma felt she had been deprived of at home.
Chpt 1 *

imbuing = filling
And the troubles of the 1980s had destabilized the community and imbued longtime residents with a sense of futility when it came to resisting change.
Chpt 3

imbued = filled
In fact, his duties at home had imbued him with a sense of responsibility and self-reliance that belied his age and set him apart from his peers.
Chpt 13

Definitions:

(1) (imbue)
to fill with or diffuse throughout -- especially an emotional quality
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)