Infundibuliform
(In`fun*dib"u*li*form) a. [L. infundibulum funnel + -form: cf. F. infundibuliforme.]
1. Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped.
2. (Bot.) Same as Funnelform.
Infundibulum
(||In`fun*dib"u*lum) n.; pl. L. Infundibula E. Infundibulums [L., a funnel, from infundere
to pour in or into. See Infuse.]
1. (Anat.) A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical
process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs,
the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads. (b) The siphon of
Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda.
Infuneral
(In*fu"ner*al) v. t. To inter with funeral rites; to bury. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
Infurcation
(In`fur*ca"tion) n. [Pref. in- in + L. furca fork.] A forked expansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a
branching. Craig.
Infuriate
(In*fu"ri*ate) a. [It. infuriato, p. p. of infuriare. See Infuriate, v. t.] Enraged; raging; furiously
angry; infuriated. Milton.
Inflamed beyond the most infuriate wrath.
Thomson. Infuriate
(In*fu"ri*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infuriated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Infuriating] [It. infuriato, p. p.
of infuriare; pref. in- (L. in) + furia fury, L. furia. See Fury.] To render furious; to enrage; to exasperate.
Those curls of entangled snakes with which Erinys is said to have infuriated Athemas and Ino.
Dr. H.
More. Infuriated
(In*fu"ri*a`ted) a. Enraged; furious.
Infuscate
(In*fus"cate) v. t. [L. infuscatus, p. p. of infuscare; pref. in- in + fuscare to make dark, fr.
fuscus dark.] To darken; to make black; to obscure.
Infuscated
(In*fus"ca*ted) a. (Zoöl.) Darkened with a blackish tinge.
Infuscation
(In`fus*ca"tion) n. The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity. Johnson.
Infuse
(In*fuse") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infused ; p. pr. & vb. n. Infusing.] [L. infusus, p. p. of infundere
to pour in or into; pref. in- in + fundere to pour: cf. F. infuser. See Found to cast.]
1. To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse.
Denham.
