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

(inspir)

To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.

* Bible, Wisdom xv. 11

He knew not his Maker, and him that inspired into him an active soul.

* Shakespeare

Dawning day new comfort hath inspired .

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To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.

Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue.

* Dryden

Erato, thy poet's mind inspire , / And fill his soul with thy celestial fire.

To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.

* Harvey

forced to inspire and expire the air with difficulty

To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

(archaic) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

* Alexander Pope

Descend, ye Nine, descend and sing, / The breathing instruments inspire .

To spread rumour indirectly.