'Transfuse' definitions:
Definition of 'transfuse'
From: WordNet
verb
Impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" [syn: instill, transfuse]
verb
Pour out of one vessel into another
verb
Treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin [syn: cup, transfuse]
verb
Give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to
Definition of 'Transfuse'
From: GCIDE
- Transfuse \Trans*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transfused; p. pr. & vb. n. Transfusing.] [L. transfusus, p. p. of transfundere: cf. F. transfuser. See Transfund.]
- 1. To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man or animal to those of another. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Into thee such virtue and grace Immense I have transfused. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'transfuse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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