Infuse

Definition of Infuse

In`fuse´

v. t.	1.	To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed. [imp. & p. p. Infused ; p. pr. & vb. n. Infusing.] That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse. - Denham.
	2.	To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce. That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men. - Shak. Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessed? - Swift.
	3.	To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; - followed by with. Infuse his breast with magnanimity. - Shak. Infusing him with self and vain conceit. - Shak.
	4.	To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak. One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water. - Coxe.
	5.	To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate.
n.	1.	Infusion.

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