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verb

Infuse v. t. (past & past part. infused; pres. part. infusing)

To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed. "That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse."

To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce. "That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men." "Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessed?"

To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; followed by with. "Infuse his breast with magnanimity." "Infusing him with self and vain conceit."

To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak. "One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water."

To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate. (R.)

noun

Infuse n. Infusion. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Infuse" Quotes from Famous Books

... interest was absorbed in my observation of the prima donna. I had perceived at first how indifferently she had entered upon the spirit of the music. Her companion had filled her mind with the meaning of its composer, and was striving to infuse into herself the interpretation that the prima donna would give to its ...

— Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 • Various

... not feel the happiness of their being, He has willed to make beings who should know it, and who should compose a body of thinking members. For our members do not feel the happiness of their union, of their wonderful intelligence, of the care which has been taken to infuse into them minds, and to make them grow and endure. How happy they would be if they saw and felt it! But for this they would need to have intelligence to know it, and good-will to consent to that of ...

— Pascal's Pensees • Blaise Pascal

... Barrett arose from her sick-bed to marry the man of her choice, who took her at once to Italy, where she spent fifteen happy years. At once, love seemed to infuse new life into the delicate body and renew the saddened heart. She was thirty-seven. She had wisely waited till she found a person of congenial tastes and kindred pursuits. Had she married earlier, it is possible that the cares of life ...

— Lives of Girls Who Became Famous • Sarah Knowles Bolton

... his birthday party—the mere mention of which, after the lapse of four days, was enough to send Sissy into hysterics—that young lady was seated in the parlor, ready for her guest. She was ready for him in all the senses a Madigan knew how to infuse into that frame of mind. She intended to make him as miserable as she herself had been ever since that disgraceful episode in which she had so innocently played the victim's part. She would show the betrayer of trust no mercy—none. She would accept no ...

— The Madigans • Miriam Michelson

... missed his milk or cream one morning during the last six months. And the same punctuality attends the milk-delivery of 'Brown, Jones, and Robinson,' for railways, as a rule, are no respecters of persons. Should not this, I ask, infuse a little of the milk of human kindness into the public ...

— The Iron Horse • R.M. Ballantyne

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