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fu⋅sil

2[fyoo-zuhl, -sil]
–adjective
1. formed by melting or casting; fused; founded.
2. Archaic. capable of being melted; fusible.
3. Archaic. melted; molten.
Also, fu⋅sile [fyoo-zuhl, -sil, -sahyl] .


Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L fūsilis molten, fluid. See fuse 2 , -ile
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fu·sile   (fyōō'zəl, -zīl')   
adj.   Archaic
  1. Formed by melting or casting.

  2. Capable of being fused; fusible.


[Middle English, from Latin fūsilis, from fūsus, past participle of fundere, to melt; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]
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