Having great inclination to soak (5)
I believe the answer is:
steep
'to soak' is the definition.
(I know that steep is a kind of imbue)
I can't explain the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for steep that I've seen before include "pickle" , "Hard for cycling" , "Precipitous - exorbitant" , "Precipitous - outrageous" , "Almost perpendicular" .)