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/ɪnfjˈuʒən/ Listen

noun

Infusion n.

The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal. "Our language has received innumerable elegancies and improvements from that infusion of Hebraisms."

That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration. "His folly and his wisdom are of his own growth, not the echo or infusion of other men."

The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion. (Obs.) "Baptism by infusion."

(Pharmacy)

(a)

The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its active principles.

(b)

The liquid extract obtained by this process. "Sips meek infusion of a milder herb."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... century the immigrant vote began to make itself felt, and politicians contended for the "Irish vote" and the "German vote" and later for the "Italian vote" the "Jewish vote," and the "Norwegian vote." Members of the immigrant races began to appear in Washington, and the new infusion of blood made itself felt in the political life ...

— Our Foreigners - A Chronicle of Americans in the Making • Samuel P. Orth

... of the thinking faculty in this way. To all such questions, answers which are necessarily incomplete, though true as far as they go, may be given by any teacher whose ideas represent real knowledge and not mere book learning: and a panoramic view of nature, accompanied by a strong infusion of the scientific habit of mind, may thus be placed within the reach of every child of ...

— Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work • P. Chalmers Mitchell

... had eaten so much bear meat. I began to feel quite sick, and had a bad headache. I felt as if something must be done, but we had no medicine. Mr. Buck went down by the creek and dug some roots he called Indian Physic, then steeped them until the infusion seemed as black as molasses, and, when cool told me to take a swallow every fifteen minutes for an hour, then half as much for another hour as long as I could keep it down. I followed directions and vomited freely and for a long time, but felt better afterward, and soon got well. It reminded ...

— Death Valley in '49 • William Lewis Manly

... ringlets hung like tendrils down the sides of her face, the benevolence of which was less immediately striking than that of her sister's, because of the constant play of humour upon it, especially about the mouth. If a spirit of satire could be supposed converted into something Christian by an infusion of the tenderest loving-kindness and humanity, remaining still recognizable notwithstanding that all its bitterness was gone, such was the expression of Miss Letty's mouth, It was always half puckered as if in resistance to a ...

— Robert Falconer • George MacDonald

... settled by the poetic Northern sea rovers, and Grundtvig thus conceives the poetic genius of Kingo to be a revival of an ancestral gift, brought about by the return of his family to its original home and a new infusion of pure Northern blood. The conception, like so much that Grundtvig wrote is at least ingenious, and it is recommended by the fact that Kingo's poetry does convey a spirit of robust realism that is far more characteristic of the age of the Vikings ...

— Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark • Jens Christian Aaberg

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