Transfuse Definition

trăns-fyo͝oz
transfused, transfuses, transfusing
verb
transfused, transfuses, transfusing
To pour (something) out of one vessel into another.
American Heritage
To transfer or transmit by or as by causing to flow or be diffused.
Webster's New World
To cause to be instilled or imparted.
Transfused a love of learning to her children.
American Heritage
To permeate, instill, imbue, infuse, etc.
Webster's New World
To transfer or introduce (blood, blood plasma, saline solution, etc.) into a blood vessel, usually a vein.
Webster's New World

Origin of Transfuse

  • Middle English transfusen to transmit from Latin trānsfundere trānsfūs- to transfuse trāns- trans- fundere to pour gheu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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