imbue vs lavage

imbue

verb
  • To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality. 

  • In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality. 

lavage

verb
  • To wash a hollow organ 

noun
  • A washing. 

  • A washing of a hollow organ. 

How often have the words imbue and lavage occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )