tingere — meaning in English

English meaning

• dye noun A substance used to change the colour of something, especially fabric or hair.
• imbue verb To fill someone or something with a quality, feeling or idea so that it spreads through the whole of it.

Senses

tingere is used for these senses in English:

• dye (ambitransitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
• imbue (transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.

dye — full definition

1. noun A substance used to change the colour of something, especially fabric or hair.
2. verb To change the colour of something using dye.

imbue — full definition

1. verb To fill someone or something with a quality, feeling or idea so that it spreads through the whole of it.
2. verb To soak or saturate something with a liquid, especially a dye.

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