infuse
See also: infusé
English
Etymology
From Middle English infusen, from Latin infusus, from infundo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈfjuz/
- Rhymes: -uːz
Verb
infuse (third-person singular simple present infuses, present participle infusing, simple past and past participle infused)
- (transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
- (transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
- Coxe
- One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.
- Coxe
- (transitive) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
- Shakespeare
- Infuse his breast with magnanimity.
- Shakespeare
- infusing him with self and vain conceit
- Shakespeare
- (transitive) To instill as a quality.
- Shakespeare
- That souls of animals infuse themselves / Into the trunks of men.
- Jonathan Swift
- Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son, which himself never possessed, or knew, or found the want of, in the acquisition of his wealth?
- Shakespeare
- (intransitive) To undergo infusion.
- Let it infuse for five minutes.
- (transitive) To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- (transitive, obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
- Denham
- That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse.
- Denham
Related terms
Translations
to steep in a liquid
To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with)
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See also
References
- 1902 Webster's International dictionary.
- 1984 Consise Oxford 7th ed.
French
Latin
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