Infuse

//ɪnˈfjuz// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill. transitive

    "Like every day this hellish summer, someone will come to infuse me with four hours with amphotericin, a weed-killer somewhat effective against cryptococcal meningitis."

  2. 2
    introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes wordnet
  3. 3
    To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal). transitive

    "1806-1831, John Redman Coxe, The American Dispensatory One scruple of the dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water."

  4. 4
    let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse wordnet
  5. 5
    To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with). transitive

    "Infuse his breast with magnanimity."

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  1. 6
    undergo the process of infusion wordnet
  2. 7
    To instill as a quality. transitive

    "That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men."

  3. 8
    fill, as with a certain quality wordnet
  4. 9
    To undergo infusion. intransitive

    "Let it infuse for five minutes."

  5. 10
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions wordnet
  6. 11
    To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate. transitive

    "if you infuse Rubarb for an hour ; and crush it well, it will purge better, and bind the Body less after the purġing, than if it stood Twenty four hours"

  7. 12
    To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed. obsolete, transitive

    "That strong Circean liquor cease t’infuse."

Etymology

From Middle English infusen, from Latin infusus, from infundo.

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