infuse
v.
instill, fill with, ingrain; inspire; steep in a liquid to extract certain ingredients
infuse
Verb
1. teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation"
(synonym) inculcate, instill
(hypernym) drill
(hyponym) din
2. fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
(synonym) impregnate, instill, tincture
(hypernym) fill, fill up, make full
(derivation) infusion
3. undergo the process of infusion; "the mint tea is infusing"
(hypernym) steep
(verb-group) steep
(derivation) infusion
4. let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol"
(synonym) steep
(hypernym) soak, imbue
(hyponym) marinade, marinate
5. introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals"
(hypernym) inject, shoot
(derivation) infusion
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine
infus
adj.
inborn, natural, innate, present at birth
infuser
v.
infuse, inject, draw, drench, slake
infondere
v.
instil, instill, infuse, implant, inspire
infuso
adj.
innate, native, natural, inborn
Infuse
(v. t.)
To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak.
(v. t.)
To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
(v. t.)
To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate.
(v. t.)
To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce.
(v. t.)
To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with.
(n.)
Infusion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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