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Webster 1913 Edition

Transfuse

Trans-fuse′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Transfused
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Transfusing
.]
[L.
transfusus
, p. p. of
transfundere
: cf. F.
transfuser
. See
Transfund
.]
1.
To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.
2.
(Med.)
To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man or animal to those of another.
3.
To cause to pass from to another; to cause to be instilled or imbibed;
as, to
transfuse
a spirit of patriotism into a man; to
transfuse
a love of letters
.
Into thee such virtue and grace
Immense I have
transfused
.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Transfuse

TRANSFUSE

,
Verb.
T.
transfu'ze. [L. transfusus, transfundo; trans and fundo.]
1.
To pour, as liquor, out of one vessel into another.
2.
To transfer, as blood, from one animal to another.
3.
To cause to pass from one to another; to cause to be instilled or imbibed; as, to transfuse a spirit of patriotism from one to another; to transfuse a love of letters.

Definition 2024

transfuse

transfuse

See also: transfusé

English

Verb

transfuse ‎(third-person singular simple present transfuses, present participle transfusing, simple past and past participle transfused)

  1. (transitive, medicine) To administer a transfusion.
  2. (transitive) To pour liquid from one vessel into another.
  3. (transitive) To diffuse or permeate through something.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Verb

transfuse

  1. first-person singular present indicative of transfuser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of transfuser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of transfuser
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of transfuser
  5. second-person singular imperative of transfuser

Italian

Verb

transfuse

  1. third-person singular past historic of transfondere

transfuse f

  1. plural of transfuso

Latin

Participle

transfūse

  1. vocative masculine singular of transfūsus

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