infuse

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English infusen, from Latin infusus, from infundo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈfjuz/ Rhymes: -uːz === Verb === infuse (third-person singular simple present infuses, present participle infusing, simple past and past participle infused) (transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill. (transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal). 1806-1831, John Redman Coxe, The American Dispensatory One scruple of the dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water. (transitive) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with). (transitive) To instill as a quality. Synonym: breathe (intransitive) To undergo infusion. (transitive) To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate. (transitive, obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== coinfuse infusion suffuse ==== Translations ==== === See also === fuse === References === 1902 Webster's International dictionary. 1984 Consise Oxford 7th ed. == French == === Adjective === infuse feminine singular of infus == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inˈfu.ze/ Rhymes: -uze Hyphenation: in‧fù‧se === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== infuse third-person singular past historic of infondere === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== infuse f pl feminine plural of infuso == Latin == === Participle === īnfūse vocative masculine singular of īnfūsus