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Infuse vs Transgress - What's the difference?

infuse | transgress |

In lang=en terms the difference between infuse and transgress

is that infuse is to make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate while transgress is to act in violation of some law.

As verbs the difference between infuse and transgress

is that infuse is to cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill while transgress is to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.

infuse

English

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 .

    References

    * 1902 Webster's International dictionary. * 1984 Consise Oxford 7th ed.

    See also

    * fuse ----

    transgress

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
  • * Dryden
  • surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law
  • To act in violation of some law.
  • * Milton
  • For man will hearken to his glozing lies, / And easily transgress the sole command.
  • To commit an offense; to sin.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
  • Why give you peace to this imperate beast / That hath so long transgressed you?
  • (of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.