infuse

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infuse
v. instill, fill with, ingrain; inspire; steep in a liquid to extract certain ingredients


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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



BabylonFrench English dictionaryDownload this dictionary
infus
adj. inborn, natural, innate, present at birth
 
infuser
v. infuse, inject, draw, drench, slake

BabylonItalian English dictionaryDownload this dictionary
infondere
v. instil, instill, infuse, implant, inspire
 
infuso
adj. innate, native, natural, inborn

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
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.
  

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