infusion

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːʒən

[edit] Noun

infusion

1. That which is infused. This is the most common meaning.
   • An extract of rooibos and chamomile makes a refreshing infusion.
2. The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
3. The act of installing a quality into a person.
4. (obsolete) The act of dipping into a fluid.

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installing a quality into a person

• 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act V scene 1

  [...] but in the verity of extolment

  I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion

  of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of

  him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would

  trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.

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