Verb

(infus)

To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.

To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).

* Coxe

One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.

To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).

* Shakespeare

Infuse his breast with magnanimity.

* Shakespeare

infusing him with self and vain conceit

To instill as a quality.

* Shakespeare

That souls of animals infuse themselves / Into the trunks of men.

* Jonathan Swift

Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son, which himself never possessed, or knew, or found the want of, in the acquisition of his wealth?

To undergo infusion.

* Let it infuse for five minutes.

To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.

(Francis Bacon)

(obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

* Denham

That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse .

Verb

(es)

To make (someone) rich or richer.

To adorn, ornate more richly.

To improve the state of something.

Hobbies enrich lives.

To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.

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(physics) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.

To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify