TRANSFUSE

transfuse

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

cup, transfuse

(verb) treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient’s skin

transfuse

(verb) pour out of one vessel into another

instill, transfuse

(verb) impart gradually; “Her presence instilled faith into the children”; “transfuse love of music into the students”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

transfuse (third-person singular simple present transfuses, present participle transfusing, simple past and past participle transfused)

(transitive, medicine) To administer a transfusion of.

(transitive) To pour liquid from one vessel into another.

(transitive) To diffuse or permeate through something.

Anagrams

• refusants

Source: Wiktionary


Trans*fuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transfused; p. pr. & vb. n. Transfusing.] Etym: [L. transfusus, p. p. of transfundere: cf. F. transfuser. See Transfund.]

1. To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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