infuse

infuse
[[t]ɪnfju͟ːz[/t]]
infuses, infusing, infused
1) VERB To infuse a quality into someone or something, or to infuse them with a quality, means to fill them with it. [FORMAL]

[be V-ed with n] Many of the girls seemed to be infused with excitement on seeing the snow...

[V n into n] He argued that a union would infuse unnecessary conflict into the company's employee relations. [Also V n with n]

2) VERB If a quality infuses something, every part of that thing has that quality. [LITERARY]

[V n] A strange spirit infused the place.

3) V-ERG If you infuse things such as tea leaves or herbs, or allow them to infuse, you put them in hot water for some time so that the water absorbs their flavour. You can also infuse things in other liquids.

[V n] ...teas made by infusing the roots of herbs...

[V n in n] Herbalists infuse the flowers in oil...

Leave the tea to infuse.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • infusé — ● infuse adjectif féminin (latin infusus, de infundere, répandre) Avoir la science infuse, prétendre savoir quelque chose sans avoir besoin d étudier. ● infuse (expressions) adjectif féminin (latin infusus, de infundere, répandre) Avoir la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • infuse — infuse, suffuse, imbue, ingrain, inoculate, leaven mean to introduce one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. Infuse implies a permeating like that of infiltering fluid, usually of something which imbues the recipient with new spirit …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • infusé — infusé, ée (in fu zé, zée) part. passé d infuser. 1°   Qu on a fait pénétrer sous forme liquide. Une liqueur infusée dans les veines.    Qui a trempé dans un liquide. De la camomille infusée dans de l eau. •   Plusieurs perles d un prix infini… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Infuse — In*fuse, n. Infusion. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • infuse — I verb imbrue, imbue, implant, impregnate, inculcate, incutere, infundere, ingrain, inicere, inject, insert, inspire, inspirit, instill, introduce II index denature, develop …   Law dictionary

  • infuse — (v.) early 15c., to pour in, introduce, soak, from L. infusus, pp. of infundere to pour into, from in in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + fundere pour, spread (see FOUND (Cf. found) (2)). Figurative sense of instill, inspire first recorded 1520s (inf …   Etymology dictionary

  • infuse — [v] introduce; soak animate, breathe into, imbue, impart, implant, impregnate, inculcate, indoctrinate, ingrain, inoculate, inspire, instill, intersperse, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, plant, saturate, steep, suffuse; concepts 140,179,187 …   New thesaurus

  • infusé — Infusé, [infus]ée. part …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

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