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affusion

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af⋅fu⋅sion

  [uh-fyoo-zhuhn]
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–noun
the pouring on of water or other liquid, as in the rite of baptism.
Origin:
1605–15; < LL affūsiōn- (s. of affūsiō a pouring upon), equiv. to affūs(us) (ptp. of affundere; see af-, fuse 2 ) + -iōn- -ion
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af·fu·sion   (ə-fyōō'zhən)   
n.  A pouring on of liquid, as in baptism.

[Late Latin affūsiō, affūsiōn-, from Latin affūsus, past participle of affundere, to pour on : ad-, ad- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]
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