"infuse" meaning in English

See infuse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈfjuz/ Audio: En-us-infuse.ogg Forms: infuses [present, singular, third-person], infusing [participle, present], infused [participle, past], infused [past]
Rhymes: -uːz Etymology: From Middle English infusen, from Latin infusus, from infundo. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰewd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|infusen}} Middle English infusen, {{der|en|la|infusus}} Latin infusus Head templates: {{en-verb}} infuse (third-person singular simple present infuses, present participle infusing, simple past and past participle infused)
  1. (transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill. Tags: transitive Translations (to insert or fill): наливам (nalivam) (Bulgarian), infuzi (Esperanto), infundir (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-infuse-en-verb-RbkEgoK0 Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 24 7 26 10 11 11 Disambiguation of 'to insert or fill': 66 2 20 5 2 2 3
  2. (transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Liquids Translations (to steep in a liquid): թրմել (tʻrmel) (Armenian), запарвам (zaparvam) (Bulgarian), (pào) (Chinese Mandarin), (qiē) (Chinese Mandarin), infuser (French), ziehen lassen (German), trekke (Norwegian Bokmål), zaparzać [imperfective] (Polish), zaparzyć [perfective] (Polish), embeber (Portuguese), mergulhar (Portuguese), infundir (Portuguese), infuza (Romanian), наста́ивать (nastáivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), настоя́ть (nastojátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), зава́ривать (zavárivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), завари́ть (zavarítʹ) (note: e.g. tea) [perfective] (Russian), popariti (Slovene)
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  3. (transitive) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with). Tags: transitive Translations (To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with)): вдъхвам (vdǎhvam) (Bulgarian), infundir (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-infuse-en-verb-ZPMEV7Ka Disambiguation of 'To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with)': 6 0 91 1 1 1 1
  4. (transitive) To instill as a quality. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Liquids
    Sense id: en-infuse-en-verb-88n5Gi-2 Disambiguation of Liquids: 9 24 4 11 20 13 19 Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 24 7 26 10 11 11
  5. (intransitive) To undergo infusion. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Liquids
    Sense id: en-infuse-en-verb-Q3TDXW2P Disambiguation of Liquids: 9 24 4 11 20 13 19 Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 24 7 26 10 11 11
  6. (transitive) To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Liquids
    Sense id: en-infuse-en-verb-B-lgzIPs Disambiguation of Liquids: 9 24 4 11 20 13 19 Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 24 7 26 10 11 11
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed. Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Liquids
    Sense id: en-infuse-en-verb-9uLCZOSn Disambiguation of Liquids: 9 24 4 11 20 13 19 Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 24 7 26 10 11 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coinfuse Related terms: coinfuse, infusion, suffuse, fuse

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "nastáivatʹ",
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          "ref": "c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:",
          "text": "Infuse his breast with magnanimity.",
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          "ref": "1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:",
          "text": "infusing him with self and vain conceit",
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          "text": "Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son, which himself never possessed, or knew, or found the want of, in the acquisition of his wealth?",
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          "ref": "1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "if you infuse Rubarb for an hour ; and crush it well, it will purge better, and bind the Body less after the purġing, than if it stood Twenty four hours",
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          "ref": "1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning:",
          "text": "That strong Circean liquor cease t’infuse.",
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed."
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          "text": "Infuse his breast with magnanimity.",
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          "text": "The uproar of the sea, the yell of the Indians, the rapidity with which the boat at intervals was driven, threatening at every moment to be engulphed, might have infused terror into the most undaunted;[…]",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nalivam",
      "sense": "to insert or fill",
      "word": "наливам"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to insert or fill",
      "word": "infuzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to insert or fill",
      "word": "infundir"
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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻrmel",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "word": "թրմել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaparvam",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "word": "запарвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pào",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "word": "泡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiē",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "word": "沏"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "word": "infuser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "word": "ziehen lassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "word": "trekke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zaparzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zaparzyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "word": "embeber"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "word": "mergulhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "word": "infundir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "word": "infuza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nastáivatʹ",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "наста́ивать"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nastojátʹ",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "настоя́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zavárivatʹ",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
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      "word": "зава́ривать"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "e.g. tea",
      "roman": "zavarítʹ",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "завари́ть"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to steep in a liquid",
      "word": "popariti"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vdǎhvam",
      "sense": "To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with)",
      "word": "вдъхвам"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with)",
      "word": "infundir"
    }
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}

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