infuse
infuse Lexical Profile
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• verb
To fill or pervade someone or something with an inspiring quality, emotion, or characteristic.
"The new director managed to infuse the entire department with a fresh sense of optimism and purpose."
To soak tea, herbs, or other flavorings in liquid so as to extract their flavor or healing properties.
"Allow the chamomile flowers to infuse in hot water for five minutes before straining the tea."
To introduce a liquid solution slowly into the body, especially through a vein for therapeutic purposes (in medicine).
"The nurse prepared to infuse the saline solution intravenously to rehydrate the patient."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late Middle English period from Latin infusus, the past participle of infundere ('to pour in'), formed from in- ('into') and fundere ('to pour' or 'to melt').
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