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verb (used with object)

to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into): The energetic new principal infused new life into the school.

to imbue or inspire (usually followed by with): The new coach infused the team with enthusiasm.

to steep or soak (leaves, bark, roots, etc.) in a liquid so as to extract the soluble properties or ingredients.

Obsolete. to pour in.

verb (used without object)

to undergo infusion; become infused: Leave the solution to infuse overnight.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin infūsus past participle of infundere to pour into. See in-², fuse²

Related forms

in·fus·er, noun

re·in·fuse, verb (used with object), -fused, -fus·ing.

su·per·in·fuse, verb (used with object), -fused, -fus·ing.

un·in·fused, adjective

un·in·fus·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1. ingrain; inculcate.

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Infuse is widely used in civilian hospitals and trauma centers around the country for spinal surgeries and to treat broken bones.

Colleges need to infuse other disciplines with science and engineering skills.

When governments infuse capital into banks, the new capital benefits the debt holders.

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Infuse is widely used in civilian hospitals and trauma centers around the country for spinal surgeries and to treat broken bones.

Colleges need to infuse other disciplines with science and engineering skills.

When governments infuse capital into banks, the new capital benefits the debt holders.

Hydrothermal vents on the planet's seafloor may infuse the alien ocean with chemical energy sources.

Soak the rinds of your citrus fruits in water for several days to infuse the scent in the water.

One method is to infuse fat-skimmed chicken broth with the essence of zingy ginger, aromatic thyme, and mellow mushrooms.

Asymptote will infuse the museum with the latest technologies.

The brown rice is cooked in vegetable broth to infuse it with more flavor.

Artists also infuse into the scientific parts the poetry, as it were.

Outdoor grilling doesn't have to infuse food with cancerous chemicals.

Infuse your arsenal of trail essentials with a little color.

Balancing vibrant summer sweetness with a citrusy tang, strawberries infuse any dish with sunny flavor.

So the art will appear larger than life while the actors will infuse the characters with life.

As the ski and snowboard season heads into spring, it's still not too late to infuse the waning season with a bit of adventure.

Strom-Olsen seeks ways to infuse ideas drawn from the humanities into students' professional thinking.

He had to infuse the emotional and psychological requirements of the screenplay into buildings, landscapes, rooms.

Myth manages to infuse real-time strategy gaming with the visual dynamism of an epic war film.

Infuse the bourbon: in a jar fitted with a lid, combine the dates and bourbon.

Instead, his mission is to bring about an intellectual revolution: to infuse management with the rigour of.

Lieberson was an inventive voice in the generation of composers who sought to infuse academic music with a more accessible sound.

Conspiracy theories connect the dots of random events into meaningful patterns and then infuse those patterns with intentional.

His style was to infuse old folk songs with new rhythms and ideas.

Perhaps, if you are serious about cut the deficit, you do not infuse the economy with currencies or eliminate interest rates.

These structures are intended to infuse urban spaces with new civic pride.

Second, it does not directly infuse any new capital into banks.

Chefs are scattering the tiny flowers over salads and using them to infuse sauces for fish and lamb.

Some of the local activism that used to infuse neighborhood political clubs has shifted to community boards.

Lemon zest is filled with essential flavoring oils that infuse dishes with the fruit's evocative essence.

Just be sure to cook them for a long time so that their juices infuse the eggs.

The use of reality in ads, intended to infuse them with credibility, has clearly grown because of an idea that truth is stranger.

It served as a way to infuse the room with abundant natural sunlight.

Some see the retirements as an opportunity to infuse the schools with energetic, innovative teachers.

Then they replace it with a skinny tube and infuse ether.

Waldsteinia truly comes into its glory in winter, when repeated blasts of cold weather infuse the leaves with a purple flush.

Other times, the pressure of the packing process is used to infuse flavors into ingredients.

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World English Dictionary

infuse (ɪnˈfjuːz)

—vb (often foll by into) (foll by with)
1.	to instil or inculcate
2.	to inspire; emotionally charge
3.	to soak or be soaked in order to extract flavour or other properties
4.	rare (foll by into) to pour

[C15: from Latin infundere to pour into]

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Word Origin & History

infuse

early 15c., "to pour in," from L. infusus, pp. of infundere "to pour into," from in- "in" + fundere "pour, spread" (see found (2)). Figurative sense of "instill, inspire" first recorded 1520s (infusion in this sense dates from mid-15c.).

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Medical Dictionary

infuse in·fuse (ĭn-fyoōz')
v. in·fused, in·fus·ing, in·fus·es

To steep or soak without boiling in order to extract soluble elements or active principles.
To introduce a solution into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes.

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"Whatever events in progress shall disgust men with cities, and infuse into them the passion for country life, and country pleasures, will render a service to the whole face of this continent, and will further the most poetic of all the occupations of real life, the bringing out by art the native but hidden graces of the landscape."

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