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infuse
English
Etymology
From Middle English infusen, from Latin infusus, from infundo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?fjuz/
- Rhymes: -u?z
Verb
infuse (third-person singular simple present infuses, present participle infusing, simple past and past participle infused)
- (transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
- (transitive) 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.
- 1806-1831, John Redman Coxe, The American Dispensatory
- (transitive) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
- (transitive) To instill as a quality.
- c. 1720, Jonathan Swift, An Essay on Modern Education
- 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?
- c. 1720, Jonathan Swift, An Essay on Modern Education
- (intransitive) To undergo infusion.
- (transitive) To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
- if you infuse Rubarb for an hour ; and crush it well , it will purge better , and bind the Body less after the pur?ing , than if it stood Twenty four hours
- (transitive, obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
- 1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning
- That strong Circean liquor cease t'infuse.
- 1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning
Related terms
- infusion
- suffuse
Translations
See also
- fuse
References
- 1902 Webster's International dictionary.
- 1984 Consise Oxford 7th ed.
French
Adjective
infuse
- feminine singular of infus
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uze
Verb
infuse
- third-person singular past historic of infondere
infuse
- feminine plural of infuso
Latin
Participle
?nf?se
- vocative masculine singular of ?nf?sus
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colour
English
Alternative forms
- color (American spelling)
Pronunciation
Homophone: culler
Noun
colour (countable and uncountable, plural colours) (British spelling, Canadian spelling)
- Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Britain standard spelling of color.
Adjective
colour (not comparable)
- Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Britain standard spelling of color.
Related terms
- colourimeter
Verb
colour (third-person singular simple present colours, present participle colouring, simple past and past participle coloured)
- Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Britain standard spelling of color.
Derived terms
Anagrams
- courol, ur-cool
Middle English
Alternative forms
- colur, color, culur, coler, coloure, kolour
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman colur, from Latin color.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku?lu?r/, /?kulur/
Noun
colour (plural colours or coloures)
- colour, hue, shade
- pigment, dye (substance for colouring)
- method (literary or rhetorical)
- justification, explanation (often feigned)
Descendants
- English: color, colour
- Scots: colour
References
- “c?l?ur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
See also
Old French
Noun
colour f (oblique plural colours, nominative singular colour, nominative plural colours)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of color
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- what colours go with grey sofa
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