infuse
Collocations
3VERB + INFUSE
come
INFUSE + NOUN
breast
PREP.
with
Definitions
verb
To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
Like every day this hellish summer, someone will come to infuse me with four hours with amphotericin, a weed-killer somewhat effective against cryptococcal meningitis.
To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
1806-1831, John Redman Coxe, The American Dispensatory One scruple of the dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.
To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
Infuse his breast with magnanimity.
infusing him with self and vain conceit
To instill as a quality.
That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men.
Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son, which himself never possessed, or knew, or found the want of, in the acquisition of his wealth?
To undergo infusion.
Let it infuse for five minutes.
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3Like every day this hellish summer, someone will come to infuse me with four hours with amphotericin, a weed-killer somewhat effective against cryptococcal meningitis.
Wiktionary1806-1831, John Redman Coxe, The American Dispensatory One scruple of the dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.
WiktionaryInfuse his breast with magnanimity.
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