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infusion
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Pronunciation
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IPA
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:
/ɪnˈfjuːʒən/
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Noun
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Singular
infusion
Plural
infusions
A product made of a
liquid
which has had other
ingredients
in it to extract useful qualities.
An extract of many ingredients makes a refreshing
infusion
.
The act of
soaking
a substance in liquid so as to extract
medicinal
or
herbal
qualities.
The act of installing a quality into a person.
1602
:
William Shakespeare
,
Hamlet
, act V scene 1
[...] but in the verity of extolment / I take him to be a soul of great article and his
infusion
/ of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of / him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would / trace him, his
umbrage
, nothing more.
(
old, no longer used
) The act of dipping into a fluid.
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