-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