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transfuse

trans·fuse

UK/tɹænsˈfjuːz/ US/træˈnsfjuz/ uncommon

verb

1.

impart gradually

  • “Her presence instilled faith into the children”
  • “transfuse love of music into the students”
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2.

pour out of one vessel into another

3.

treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient''s skin

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4.

give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to

Origin

From trans- + fusus, past participle of fundō (“to pour, to melt”). By surface analysis, trans- + fuse.

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