infuse
/ɪnˈfjuz/ verb C1- To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
- To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal). · 1806-1831, John Redman Coxe, The American Dispensatory One scruple of the dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.
- To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
- To instill as a quality.
- To undergo infusion. · Let it infuse for five minutes.
- To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
He/she/it infuses · Past infused · Past participle infused · -ing form infusing
Verb forms
- Base form
- infuse
- He/she/it
- infuses
- Past
- infused
- Past participle
- infused
- -ing form
- infusing
From the library
Then, infusing all the humility he possessed into his eyes and voice, he addressed the inspector, and sought to inspire him with pity.
This visit had infused new vigor into Dantès; he had, till then, forgotten the date; but now, with a fragment of plaster, he wrote the date, 30th July, 1816, and made a mark every day, in order not to lose his reckoning again.
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