infusion

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Latin infusio (“a pouring into, a wetting, a dyeing, a flow”), from infundo

infusion (plural infusions)

That which is infused.

An extract of rooibos and chamomile makes a refreshing infusion.
The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
The act of 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.
(obsolete) The act of dipping into a fluid.

That which is infused. This is the most common meaning

The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities

The act of installing a quality into a person

The act of dipping into a fluid