infuse

Verbs

  • (v) teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
    • inculcate values into the young generation
    inculcate, instill,
  • (v) fill, as with a certain quality
    • The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
    impregnate, tincture, instill,
  • (v) undergo the process of infusion
    • the mint tea is infusing
  • (v) let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse
    • steep the blossoms in oil
    • steep the fruit in alcohol
    steep,
  • (v) introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes
    • Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals

Synonyms

inculcate instill impregnate tincture steep

Words of close approximity