transfuse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb impart gradually
    instill.
    • Her presence instilled faith into the children
    • transfuse love of music into the students
  2. verb pour out of one vessel into another
  3. verb treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
    cup.
  4. verb give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to

WordNet

Trans*fuse" transitive verb
Etymology
L. transfusus, p. p. of transfundere: cf. F. transfuser. See Transfund.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Transfused ; present participle & verbal noun Transfusing
Definitions
  1. To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.

Webster 1913