'Infuse' definitions:
Definition of 'infuse'
From: WordNet
verb
Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation" [syn: inculcate, instill, infuse]
verb
Fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" [syn: impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture]
verb
Undergo the process of infusion; "the mint tea is infusing"
verb
Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol" [syn: steep, infuse]
verb
Introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals"
Definition of 'Infuse'
From: GCIDE
- Infuse \In*fuse\, n. Infusion. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Infuse'
From: GCIDE
- Infuse \In*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infused; p. pr. & vb. n. Infusing.] [L. infusus, p. p. of infundere to pour in or into; pref. in- in + fundere to pour: cf. F. infuser. See Found to cast.]
- 1. To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed. [1913 Webster]
- That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce. [1913 Webster]
- That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessed? --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with. [1913 Webster]
- Infuse his breast with magnanimity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Infusing him with self and vain conceit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak. [1913 Webster]
- One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water. --Coxe. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate. [R.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'infuse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animate,
- bathe,
- beat into,
- besprinkle,
- brainwash,
- breathe,
- brew,
- catechize,
- colliquate,
- color,
- concentrate,
- condition,
- cut,
- decoagulate,
- decoct,
- deliquesce,
- diffuse,
- dissolve,
- distill,
- douche,
- dredge,
- drench,
- drouk,
- dye,
- ease in,
- embue,
- enliven,
- entincture,
- essentialize,
- exhilarate,
- express,
- fire,
- flavor,
- fluidify,
- fluidize,
- flush,
- flux,
- fuse,
- hold in solution,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- implant,
- impregnate,
- impress,
- inculcate,
- indoctrinate,
- infect,
- infiltrate,
- infix,
- inform,
- ingrain,
- inject,
- inoculate,
- insert,
- insinuate,
- inspire,
- inspirit,
- instill,
- interject,
- interlard,
- intersow,
- intersperse,
- intersprinkle,
- introduce,
- intromit,
- invest,
- lave,
- leach,
- leaven,
- liquefy,
- liquesce,
- liquidize,
- lixiviate,
- macerate,
- melt,
- melt down,
- penetrate,
- percolate,
- perfuse,
- permeate,
- pervade,
- pop in,
- press out,
- program,
- put in,
- refine,
- render,
- rinse,
- run,
- saturate,
- season,
- seethe,
- set in,
- slip in,
- soak,
- sodden,
- solubilize,
- solve,
- sop,
- souse,
- spirit,
- spirit up,
- steep,
- stick in,
- suffuse,
- temper,
- thaw,
- thin,
- throw in,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- transfuse,
- tuck in,
- unclot,
- wash,
- waterlog,
- whip in,
- wring,
- wring out