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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


transfusé

transfusé

See also: transfuse

French

Verb

transfusé m (feminine singular transfusée, masculine plural transfusés, feminine plural transfusées)

  1. past participle of transfuser