infuse
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infuse
- /ɪnˈfjuz/
Rhymes with -uːz
Where it comes from
From Middle English infusen, from Latin infusus, from infundo.
verb infuses · infusing · infused
- To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill. 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.
- To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal). 1806-1831, John Redman Coxe, The American Dispensatory One scruple of the dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.
- To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with). Infuse his breast with magnanimity.
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To instill as a quality.
That souls of animals infuse themselves
Into the trunks of men.
Similar: breathe
- To undergo infusion. Let it infuse for five minutes.
- To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate. 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
- To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed. That strong Circean liquor cease t’infuse.
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verb to steep in a liquid
| Español | infusionar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 泡 pào, 沏 qī |
| Português | embeber, mergulhar, infundir |
| Français | infuser |
| Deutsch | ziehen lassen |
| Română | infuza |
| Русский | наста́ивать nastáivatʹ, настоя́ть nastojátʹ, зава́ривать zavárivatʹ, завари́ть zavarítʹ |
verb To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with)
| Português | infundir |
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