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Transfuse

Transfuse \Trans*fuse"\, v. 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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
transfuse

"to transfer by pouring," early 15c., from Latin transfusus, past participle of transfundere "pour from one container to another," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + fundere "to pour" (see found (v.2)). Related: Transfused; transfusing.

Wiktionary
transfuse

vb. 1 (context transitive medicine English) To administer a transfusion. 2 (context transitive English) To pour liquid from one vessel into another. 3 (context transitive English) To diffuse or permeate through something.

WordNet
transfuse
  1. v. impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" [syn: instill]

  2. pour out of one vessel into another

  3. treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin [syn: cup]

  4. give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to

Usage examples of "transfuse".

Then Sinh transfused his power into the rest of the priests, and they went and saved Burma.

Homer, should not leave some gloss of grecism upon the idiom into which so many of its greatest beauties had been transfused.

Soft new beech-leaves, up to beamy April Spreading bough on bough a primrose mountain, you Lucid in the moon, raise lilies to the skyfields, Youngest green transfused in silver shining through: Fairer than the lily, than the wild white cherry: Fair as in image my seraph love appears Borne to me by dreams when dawn is at my eye-lids: Fair as in the flesh she swims to me on tears.

Just as the parasites around me were proclaiming their helpless dependence on my mind and were expecting me voluntarily to accept a slavery they had no power to enforce, just as they were counting on my self-immolation to provide them with the means of their plan—so throughout the world and throughout men's history, in every version and form, from the extortions of loafing relatives to the atrocities of collectivized countries, it is the good, the able, the men of reason, who act as their own destroyers, who transfuse to evil the blood of their virtue and let evil transmit to them the poison of destruction, thus gaining for evil the power of survival, and for their own values—the impotence of death.

Just as the parasites around me were proclaiming their helpless dependence on my mind and were expecting me voluntarily to accept a slavery they had no power to enforce, just as they were counting on my self-immolation to provide them with the means of their plan—so throughout the world and throughout men’s history, in every version and form, from the extortions of loafing relatives to the atrocities of collectivized countries, it is the good, the able, the men of reason, who act as their own destroyers, who transfuse to evil the blood of their virtue and let evil transmit to them the poison of destruction, thus gaining for evil the power of survival, and for their own values—the impotence of death.

If we reflect upon the first cause of the ruin of the Roman empire, it will be found to begin at their entertaining the Goths into their service, for thereby they weakened and enervated their own native courage, and, as it were, transfused it into them.

Then there were the rages you sensed coming, the rages which so sharpened the senses, which transfused one with such power, how eagerly you sensed them, like knowing a cat was about, then waiting tensely for it to spring up, somewhere, from the grass.

On this only-begotten Son, the Almighty Father had transfused his ample spirit, and impressed the effulgence of his glory.

Under his reign, and by his care, the civil jurisprudence was digested in the immortal works of the Code, the Pandects, and the Institutes: ^1 the public reason of the Romans has been silently or studiously transfused into the domestic institutions of Europe, ^2, and the laws of Justinian still command the respect or obedience of independent nations.

In early accounts, it is not clear whether the blood was transfused or drunk, since both methods were considered useful.

In many cases, animal blood was transfused to human beings, often with the addi­tion of semen, urine, and other substances thought to be invigorating.

Now, the freezing-thawing process washes out serum anti­bodies, which means that type O frozen blood can be transfused to anyone, regardless of his blood type.

The way Jason had transfused the blood into Denaro's distorted form, even though Rick had no longer been conscious enough to insist on it.

We repaired that and transfused you with three units of blood and saline, though you may need more later.

Whatever that sky was, whatever it was made of, it seemed to be transfused with a dull glow.