transfuse
v.
impart, transfer, pass on; (Medicine) introduce into the circulatory system through a vein (i.e. blood, medication, etc.); transfer from one container to another (Archaic)
transfuse
Verb
1. impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students"
(synonym) instill
(hypernym) lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
(hyponym) breathe
2. pour out of one vessel into another
(hypernym) pour
3. treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
(synonym) cup
(hypernym) treat, care for
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine
4. give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to
(hypernym) administer, dispense
(derivation) transfusion, blood transfusion
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine
transfuser
v.
transfuse, impart, transfer
Transfuse
(v. t.)
To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man or animal to those of another.
(v. t.)
To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.
(v. t.)
To cause to pass from to another; to cause to be instilled or imbibed; as, to transfuse a spirit of patriotism into a man; to transfuse a love of letters.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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transfuse
Synonyms and related words:
assign, bespread, besprinkle, bleed, breathe, brew, carry over, charge, color, communicate, consign, crawl with, creep with, cup, decoct, deliver, deport, diffuse, disseminate, dredge, dye, entincture, expel, export, extend throughout, extradite, fill, flavor, give a transfusion, hand forward, hand on, hand over, honeycomb, imbrue, imbue, impart, import, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, inject, instill, interfuse, interpenetrate, leave no void, leaven, leech, let blood, make over, metastasize, metathesize, occupy, overrun, overspread, overswarm, pass, pass on, pass over, pass the buck, penetrate, percolate, perfuse, permeate, pervade, phlebotomize, relay, run through, saturate, season, spread, steep, suffuse, swarm with, switch, teem with, temper, tincture, tinge, transfer, transfer property, translate, translocate, transmit, transplace, transplant, transpose, turn over
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