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trans·fuse

(tr

ns-fy

) KEY

TRANSITIVE VERB:
trans·fused, trans·fus·ing, trans·fus·es

To pour (something) out of one vessel into another.
To cause to be instilled or imparted: transfused a love of learning to her children.
To diffuse through; permeate: a glade that was transfused with sunlight.
Medicine To administer a transfusion of or to.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English transfusen, to transmit, from Latin trnsfundere, trnsfs-, to transfuse : trns-, trans- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
trans·fuser(Noun), trans·fusi·ble or trans·fusa·ble(Adjective), trans·fusive (-fy

v, -z

v) KEY (Adjective)

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