infuse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
To instill as a quality.
To undergo infusion.
To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

/ɪnˈfjuz/ En-us-infuse.ogg

infuse infuses infusing infused

From Middle English infusen, from Latin infusus, from infundo.

breathe

coinfuse infusion suffuse fuse

coinfuse infusate infusible infusive microinfuse reinfuse superinfuse uninfused

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