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transfuse

[ trans-fyooz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, trans·fused, trans·fus·ing.

to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill:
to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
to diffuse into or through; permeate; infuse.
Medicine/Medical.
1. to transfer (blood) into the veins or arteries of a person or animal.
2. to inject, as a saline solution, into a blood vessel.
Archaic. to pour from one container into another.

transfuse

/ trænsˈfjuːz /

to permeate or infuse
a blush transfused her face
1. to inject (blood, etc) into a blood vessel
2. to give a transfusion to (a patient)
rare.
to transfer from one vessel to another, esp by pouring

1375–1425; late Middle English transfusen < Latin trānsfūsus , past participle of trānsfundere to transfer by pouring. See trans-, fuse ²

C15: from Latin transfundere to pour out, from trans- + fundere to pour

How long he sat there, allowing the subtle influence to transfuse and possess his entire being, he did not know.

Fifty or sixty years ago surgeons did not hesitate to transfuse the blood of animals into human beings.

I wish I could transcribe, or rather transfuse into language, the glow of my heart when I read your letter.

He had seen a glow of pleasure transfuse people as they listened to her pure and ringing notes.

Moisture tends to transfuse from the hot towards the cold portion of the wood.

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