infuse

English

Etymology

Latin [in]fu(n)do fu(n)dere fusi fusum: to pour.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːz

Verb

infuse (third-person singular simple present infuses, present participle infusing, simple past and past participle infused)

1. (transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
2. (transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
3. (transitive) To instill as a quality.
   • Jonathan Swift 1667–1745: "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?"
4. (intransitive) To undergo infusion.
5. (intransitive) To tincture.
6. (intransitive) To saturate.
   • Let it infuse for five minutes.

Translations

to insert or fill

• Esperanto: infuzi (eo)

to steep in a liquid

• Armenian: թրմել (hy) (tʿrmel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泡 (cmn) (pào), 沏 (cmn) (qiē)

• French: infuser (fr)
• German: ziehen lassen (de)

• Polish: zaparzać (pl) impf., zaparzyć (pl) pf.
• Russian: настаивать (ru) (nastáivatʹ) impf., настоять (ru) (nastojátʹ) impf., заваривать (ru) (zavárivatʹ) impf., заварить (ru) (zavarítʹ) pf. (e.g. tea)

References

• 1902 Webster's International dictionary.
• 1984 Consise Oxford 7th ed.

See also

• fuse

---

French

Adjective

infuse f

1. feminine form of infus

---

Italian

Verb

infuse

1. third-person singular past historic of infondere

infuse f

1. Plural of infuso

---

Latin

Participle

infūse

1. vocative masculine singular of infūsus