2. To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce.
That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men.
Shak.
Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessed?
Swift. 3. To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; — followed by with.
Infuse his breast with magnanimity.
Shak.
Infusing him with self and vain conceit.
Shak. 4. To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to
soak.
One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.
Coxe. 5. To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate. [R.] Bacon.
Infuse
(In*fuse), n. Infusion. [Obs.] Spenser.
Infuser
(In*fus"er) n. One who, or that which, infuses.
Infusibility
(In*fu`si*bil"i*ty) n. [From Infuse.] Capability of being infused, poured in, or instilled.
Infusibility
(In*fu`si*bil"i*ty), n. [Pref. in- not + fusibility: cf. F. infusibilité.] Incapability or difficulty of
being fused, melted, or dissolved; as, the infusibility of carbon.
Infusible
(In*fu"si*ble) a. [From Infuse, v.] Capable of being infused.
Doctrines being infusible into all.
Hammond. Infusible
(In*fu"si*ble), a. [Pref. in- not + fusible: cf. F. infusible.] Not fusible; incapable or difficult of
fusion, or of being dissolved or melted. Sir T. Browne.
The best crucibles are made of Limoges earth, which seems absolutely infusible.
Lavoisier (Trans. ). Infusibleness
(In*fu"si*ble*ness), n. Infusibility.
Infusion
(In*fu"sion) n. [L. infusio a pouring in: cf. F. infusion. See Infuse, v. t.]
1. The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the
infusion of ardor or zeal.
Our language has received innumerable elegancies and improvements from that infusion of Hebraisms.
Addison. 2. That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration.
His folly and his wisdom are of his own growth, not the echo or infusion of other men.
Swift. 3. The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion. [Obs.] "Baptism by infusion." Jortin.
4. (Pharmacy) (a) The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract
its virtues. (b) The liquid extract obtained by this process.
Sips meek infusion of a milder herb.
Cowper.
