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One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.

Coxe.

5. To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate. [R.] Bacon.

In*fuse, n. Infusion. [Obs.] Spenser.

In*fus"er (?), n. One who, or that which, infuses.

In*fu`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. [From Infuse.] Capability of being infused, poured in, or instilled.

In*fu`si*bil"i*ty, n. [Pref. in- not + fusibility: cf. F. infusibilité.] Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved; as, the infusibility of carbon.

In*fu"si*ble (?), a. [From Infuse, v.] Capable of being infused.

Doctrines being infusible into all.

Hammond.

In*fu"si*ble, a. [Pref. in- not + fusible: cf. F. infusible.] Not fusible; incapable or difficult of fusion, or of being dissolved or melted. Sir T. Browne.

The best crucibles are made of Limoges earth, which seems absolutely infusible.

Lavoisier (Trans. ).

In*fu"si*ble*ness, n. Infusibility.

In*fu"sion (?), n. [L. infusio a pouring in: cf. F. infusion. See Infuse, v. t.] 1. The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal.

Our language has received innumerable elegancies and improvements from that infusion of Hebraisms.

Addison.

2. That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration.

His folly and his wisdom are of his own growth, not the echo or infusion of other men.

Swift.

3. The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion. [Obs.] "Baptism by infusion." Jortin.

4. (Pharmacy) (a) The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its virtues. (b) The liquid extract obtained by this process.

Sips meek infusion of a milder herb.

Cowper.

In*fu"sion*ism (?), n. The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and is infused into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to traducianism and creationism.

In*fu"sive (?), a. Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.

The infusive force of Spirit on man.

Thomson.