Infuse

Quick meaning: Infuse is a verb meaning (transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.

Meaning

(transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
2. (transitive) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
3. (transitive) To instill as a quality.
4. (intransitive) To undergo infusion.
5. (transitive) To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

Example Sentences

Let it infuse for five minutes.

Infuse his breast with magnanimity.

infusing him with self and vain conceit

That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men.

Word Forms

• infuses
• infusing
• infused

Synonyms for infuse

Depending on context, synonyms include breathe, tincture, instill, inculcate, steep, impregnate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include instill, inculcate, tincture, steep, impregnate, brew.

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