infuse

Etymology

From Middle English infusen, from Latin infusus, from infundo.

verb

1. (transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
2. (transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
   1806-1831, John Redman Coxe, The American Dispensatory One scruple of the dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.
3. (transitive) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
4. (transitive) To instill as a quality.
   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? c. 1720, Jonathan Swift, An Essay on Modern Education
5. (intransitive) To undergo infusion.
   Let it infuse for five minutes.
6. (transitive) To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
   That strong Circean liquor cease t’infuse. 1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning