TRANSFUSE


Meaning of TRANSFUSE in English

-üz transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Middle English transfusen, from Latin transfusus, past participle of transfundere to transfuse, from trans- + fundere to pour — more at found

1.

a. archaic : to transfer (a liquid) by or as if by pouring

b.

(1) : to cause to flow or pass from one to another : transmit , instill

seeks to transfuse his ideas throughout the land

— often used with into or to

transfuses his enthusiasm into others

the animal spirits … are transfused from father to son — Laurence Sterne

(2) : to flow or diffuse into or through : permeate

the sunlight transfuses the bay

life is not merely an added property of matter but something that transfuses and transforms it — H.J.Muller

the wise men of the earth whose serenity transfuses their style — H.S.Canby

2.

a. : to transfer (as blood or saline) into a vein of a man or animal

b. : to subject (a patient) to transfusion

the time to transfuse patients is immediately after an injury occurs — Commonweal

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