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Webster 1913 Edition


Perfuse

Per-fuse′

(pẽr-fūz′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Perfused
(pẽr-fūzd′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Perfusing
.]
[L.
perfusus
, p. p. of
perfundere
to pour over;
per + fundere
to pour.]
1.
To suffuse; to fill full or to excess.
Harvey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Perfuse

PERFU'SE

,
Verb.
T.
s as z. [L. perfusus, perfundo; per and fundo,to pour.] To sprinkle, pour or spread over.

Definition 2024


perfuse

perfuse

English

Verb

perfuse (third-person singular simple present perfuses, present participle perfusing, simple past and past participle perfused)

  1. (transitive) To permeate or suffuse something, either with a liquid or with light
  2. (transitive) To force a fluid to flow over or through something, especially through an organ of the body

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Latin

Participle

perfūse

  1. vocative masculine singular of perfūsus

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