infuse

  • 11infusé — Infusé, [infus]ée. part …

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  • 12infuse — ► VERB 1) pervade; fill. 2) instil (a quality) in someone or something. 3) soak (tea, herbs, etc.) to extract the flavour or healing properties. 4) Medicine allow (a liquid) to flow into the bloodstream or a part of the body. DERIVATIVES infuser… …

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  • 13infuse — [in fyo͞oz′] vt. infused, infusing [ME infusen < L infusus, pp. of infundere, to pour in < in , in + fundere, to pour: see FOUND2] 1. Obs. to pour (a liquid) in, into, or upon 2. to put (a quality, idea, etc.) into, as if by pouring;… …

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  • 14infuse — [[t]ɪnfju͟ːz[/t]] infuses, infusing, infused 1) VERB To infuse a quality into someone or something, or to infuse them with a quality, means to fill them with it. [FORMAL] [be V ed with n] Many of the girls seemed to be infused with excitement on… …

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  • 15infuse — UK [ɪnˈfjuːz] / US [ɪnˈfjuz] verb Word forms infuse : present tense I/you/we/they infuse he/she/it infuses present participle infusing past tense infused past participle infused 1) [transitive] to give someone or something a particular quality… …

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  • 16infuse — verb 1 formal (T) to fill something or someone with a particular feeling or quality: infuse sth/sb with: She managed to infuse the situation with humour. | infuse sth into: Hannah wanted desperately to infuse some vitality into their dull… …

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  • 17infuse — in|fuse [ ın fjuz ] verb 1. ) transitive to give someone or something a particular quality: infuse something into: The best teachers manage to infuse vitality into the most boring subjects. infuse something/someone with something: Her paintings… …

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  • 18infuse — v. (d; tr.) to infuse into (to infuse new life into the troops) * * * [ɪn fjuːz] (d; tr.) to infuse into (to infuse new life into the troops) …

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  • 19infuse — transitive verb (infused; infusing) Etymology: Middle English, to pour in, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French infuser, from Latin infusus, past participle of infundere to pour in, from in + fundere to pour more at found Date: 1526 1. a. to …

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  • 20infuse — in|fuse [ınˈfju:z] v [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: infuser, from Latin infundere, from fundere to pour ] 1.) [T] formal to fill something or someone with a particular feeling or quality be infused with sth ▪ Her books are infused with… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English