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noun

Infusion n.

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."

That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration. "His folly and his wisdom are of his own growth, not the echo or infusion of other men."

The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion. (Obs.) "Baptism by infusion."

(Pharmacy)

(a)

The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its active principles.

(b)

The liquid extract obtained by this process. "Sips meek infusion of a milder herb."

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Etymology of 'Infusion'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... solution of savin strikes deep green with perchloride of iron, and if an infusion of the twigs has been taken the twigs may be detected with the microscope. The twigs obtained from the stomach, dried and rubbed between the finger and thumb, will give ...

— Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology • W. G. Aitchison Robertson

... that which we saw so much of at the Friendly Islands. For they pour a very small quantity of water upon the root here, and sometimes roast or bake and bruise the stalks, without chewing it previously to its infusion. They also use the leaves of the plant here, which are bruised, and water poured upon them, as upon the root. Large companies do not assemble to drink it in that sociable way which is practised at Tongataboo. But its pernicious effects are more obvious here; perhaps owing ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 • Robert Kerr

... Japanese Archipelago lie between the thirtieth and thirty-eighth parallels of north latitude. South of the thirty-fourth parallel, it seems, though without proof of writing or from tradition, that the Malay type and blood from the far south probably predominated, with, however, much infusion from the ...

— The Religions of Japan - From the Dawn of History to the Era of Meiji • William Elliot Griffis

... The leaves, as I have already observed, were used by many of us as tea, which has a very agreeable bitter and flavour when they are recent, but loses some of both when they are dried. When the infusion was made strong, it proved emetic to some in the same ...

— A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1 • James Cook

... five hundred years the Gauls were so thoroughly Romanized that they may best be described as Gallo-Romans. The Burgundians, Franks, and Northmen afterwards added a Teutonic element to the population, as well as some infusion of ...

— EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY • HUTTON WEBSTER

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