3. To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with.

Infuse his breast with magnanimity.

Shak.

Infusing him with self and vain conceit.

Shak.

4. To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of

extracting medicinal qualities; to soak.

One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.

Coxe.

5. To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to

saturate. [R.] Bacon.

In*fuse, n. Infusion. [Obs.] Spenser.

In*fus"er (?), n. One who, or that which, infuses.

In*fu`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. [From Infuse.] Capability of being infused,

poured in, or instilled.

In*fu`si*bil"i*ty, n. [Pref. in- not + fusibility: cf. F.

infusibilité.] Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or

dissolved; as, the infusibility of carbon.

In*fu"si*ble (?), a. [From Infuse, v.] Capable of being infused.

Doctrines being infusible into all.

Hammond.

In*fu"si*ble, a. [Pref. in- not + fusible: cf. F. infusible.] Not

fusible; incapable or difficult of fusion, or of being dissolved or

melted. Sir T. Browne.

The best crucibles are made of Limoges earth, which seems

absolutely infusible.

Lavoisier (Trans. ).

In*fu"si*ble*ness, n. Infusibility.

In*fu"sion (?), n. [L. infusio a pouring in: cf. F. infusion. See

Infuse, v. t.] 1. The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling;

instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the

infusion of ardor or zeal.

Our language has received innumerable elegancies and improvements

from that infusion of Hebraisms.

Addison.

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