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Webster 1913 Edition


Infusive

In-fu′sive

,
Adj.
Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.
The
infusive
force of Spirit on man.
Thomson.
Formely the term Infusoria was applied to all microscopic organisms found in water, including many minute plants, belonging to the diatoms, as well as minute animals belonging to various classes, as the Rotifera, which are worms; and the Rhizopoda, which constitute a distinct class of Protozoa. Fossil Infusoria are mostly the siliceous shells of diatoms; sometimes they are siliceous skeletons of Radiolaria, or the calcareous shells of Foraminifera.

Webster 1828 Edition


Infusive

INFU'SIVE

,
Adj.
Having the power of infusion.

Definition 2024


infusive

infusive

English

Adjective

infusive (comparative more infusive, superlative most infusive)

  1. Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.
    The infusive force of Spirit on man. Thomson.