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transfuse

  (trăns-fyūz') pronunciation
tr.v., -fused, -fus·ing, -fus·es.
  1. To pour (something) out of one vessel into another.
  2. To cause to be instilled or imparted: transfused a love of learning to her children.
  3. To diffuse through; permeate: a glade that was transfused with sunlight.
  4. Medicine. To administer a transfusion of or to.

[Middle English transfusen, to transmit, from Latin trānsfundere, trānsfūs-, to transfuse : trāns-, trans- + fundere, to pour.]

transfuser trans·fus'er n.
transfusible trans·fus'i·ble or trans·fus'a·ble adj.
transfusive trans·fu'sive (-fyū'sĭv, -zĭv) adj.
 
 
Thesaurus: transfuse

verb

    To cause to be filled, as with a particular mood or tone: charge, freight, imbue, impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate, suffuse. See full/empty/capacity.

 
Medical Dictionary: trans·fuse
(trăns-fyūz')
v., -fused, -fus·ing, -fus·es.

To administer a transfusion of or to.

trans·fus'a·ble adj.
trans·fu'sive (-fyū'sĭv, -zĭv) adj.
 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Pour out of one vessel into another.

pronunciation Victory transfused courage into the team.

 
WordNet: transfuse
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The verb has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: impart gradually
  Synonym: instill

Meaning #2: pour out of one vessel into another

Meaning #3: treat by cupping
  Synonym: cup

Meaning #4: give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to


 
 

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