Associations to the word «Infuse»

Wiktionary

INFUSE, verb. (transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
INFUSE, verb. (transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
INFUSE, verb. (transitive) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
INFUSE, verb. (transitive) To instill as a quality.
INFUSE, verb. (intransitive) To undergo infusion.
INFUSE, verb. (transitive) To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
INFUSE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

Dictionary definition

INFUSE, verb. Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation".
INFUSE, verb. Fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide".
INFUSE, verb. Undergo the process of infusion; "the mint tea is infusing".
INFUSE, verb. Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol".
INFUSE, verb. Introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky