Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act or process of infusing.
  • noun Something infused or introduced.
  • noun The liquid product obtained by infusing.
  • noun Introduction of a solution into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes.
  • noun The solution so introduced.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The introduction into a vein of a quantity of saline solution or other fluid for therapeutic purposes.
  • noun The act of infusing, pouring in, imbuing, or instilling: as, the infusion of good principles.
  • noun That which is infused or diffused; something poured in or mingled.
  • noun The process of steeping a substance, as a plant, in water, in order to extract its virtues.
  • noun A liquid extract or essence obtained by steeping a vegetable substance.
  • noun A pouring, or pouring out, as upon an object; affusion: formerly used of that method of baptism in which the water is poured upon the person.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation
  • noun That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration.
  • noun obsolete The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion.
  • noun The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its active principles.
  • noun The liquid extract obtained by this process.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.
  • noun The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
  • noun The act of installing a quality into a person.
  • noun obsolete The act of dipping into a fluid.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force)
  • noun the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water)
  • noun a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
  • noun the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality

Etymologies

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Latin infusio ("a pouring into, a wetting, a dyeing, a flow"), from infundo

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Examples

  • The IMF could probably provide $5 billion of that additional money - enough for any short term infusion in the case of a market panic, including by using some of its profits on recent gold sales.

    Nancy Birdsall: This Time Really Is Different (Is the Money There for Europe and the Rest of the World?) Nancy Birdsall 2011

  • American Crossroads gets a whopping $7 million cash infusion from the Texas millionaire who helped fund the Swift Boat Vets, singlehandedly chipping in nearly half the group's fundraising over the last 43 days.

    The Morning Plum Greg Sargent 2010

  • Open pot methods are infusions wherein all of the grounds are mixed with all of the water, after which the infusion is filtered to remove some but not all of the flavorful oils and fine particles.

    Buying and brewing good coffee in Mexico 2009

  • The Belvidere cash infusion is tied to an agreement between Mr. Marchionne and the U.S. government that allows Fiat to increase its current 20% stake in Chrysler once Chrysler begins building a 40-mpg car in the U.S., produces a more fuel-efficient engine in the U.S. and expands its international sales.

    Chrysler to Invest $600 Million in Illinois Plant Jeff Bennett 2010

  • Open pot methods are infusions wherein all of the grounds are mixed with all of the water, after which the infusion is filtered to remove some but not all of the flavorful oils and fine particles.

    Buying and brewing good coffee in Mexico 2009

  • "This capital infusion is needed to carry out the changes," Swedish Industry Minister Maud Olofsson said.

    SAS announces massive overhaul after Q4 loss 2009

  • Frank Addario, President of the CLA, argues that the cash infusion is merely a stop-gap measure which does not address the underlying concerns of the criminal defence bar.

    Legal Aid boycott to continue : Law is Cool 2009

  • At this point it isn't known whether the treatment would involve short- or long-term infusion, or what specific areas of the brain might be targeted, said Steve Oesterle , senior vice president of medicine and technology at Medtronic.

    Potential Parkinson's Treatment Explored Jon Kamp 2011

  • The purity of New York City's priceless and irreplaceable drinking water supply should never be placed at risk for a short-term infusion of natural gas revenues or for any other reason.

    New York Will Take the Time to Get Gas Drilling Right 2010

  • Governor McDonnell has stated he understands that his initiative is a short-term infusion of funds into a system that over the long-term requires new dedicated and sustainable revenues.

    Transportation, business groups back McDonnell plan as a first step Rosalind S. Helderman 2010

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