infuse

See also: infusé

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Middle English infusen, from Latin infusus, from infundo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfjuz/
• Rhymes: -uːz

Verb

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).
   • Coxe

     One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.

3. (transitive) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
   • Shakespeare

     Infuse his breast with magnanimity.

   • Shakespeare

     infusing him with self and vain conceit

4. (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?

5. (intransitive) To undergo infusion.
   • Let it infuse for five minutes.
6. (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?)

7. (transitive, obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
   • Denham

     That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse.

Related terms

• suffuse

Translations

to insert or fill

• Bulgarian: наливам (bg) (nalivam)
• Esperanto: infuzi
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to steep in a liquid

• Armenian: թրմել (hy) (tʻrmel)
• Bulgarian: запарвам (zaparvam)
• Chinese:

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

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

  Bokmål: trekke (no)

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• Polish: zaparzać (pl) impf, zaparzyć (pl) pf
• Romanian: infuza (ro)
• Russian: наста́ивать (ru) impf (nastáivatʹ), настоя́ть (ru) impf (nastojátʹ), зава́ривать (ru) impf (zavárivatʹ), завари́ть (ru) pf (zavarítʹ) (e.g. tea)
• Slovene: popariti
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with)

• Bulgarian: вдъхвам (bg) (vdǎhvam)
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See also

• fuse

References

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

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French

Adjective

infuse

1. feminine singular of infus

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Italian

Verb

infuse

1. third-person singular past historic of infondere

infuse f

1. plural of infuso

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) īnfūse

1. vocative masculine singular of īnfūsus