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VERB (4)

1. impart gradually;
- Example: "Her presence instilled faith into the children"
- Example: "transfuse love of music into the students"
[syn: instill, transfuse]

2. pour out of one vessel into another;

3. treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin;
[syn: cup, transfuse]

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Transfuse \Trans*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transfused; p. pr. & vb. n. Transfusing.] [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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man or animal to those of another. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause to pass from to another; to cause to be instilled or imbibed; as, to transfuse a spirit of patriotism into a man; to transfuse a love of letters. [1913 Webster] Into thee such virtue and grace Immense I have transfused. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

transfuse v 1: impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" [syn: instill, transfuse] 2: pour out of one vessel into another 3: treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin [syn: cup, transfuse] 4: give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to