transfuse
- transfuse
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transitive verb
(transfused; transfusing)
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin transfusus, past participle of transfundere, from trans- + fundere to pour — more at found
Date: 15th century
1.
a. to cause to pass from one to another ; transmit
b. to diffuse into or through ; permeate <
sunlight transfuses the bay
>
2.
a. to transfer (as blood) into a vein or an artery of a person or animal
b. to subject (a patient) to transfusion
• transfusible or transfusable adjective
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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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transfusé — ● transfusé, transfusée adjectif et nom Se dit de quelqu un qui reçoit ou a reçu une transfusion de sang. transfusé, ée adj. et n. Injecté par transfusion. Sang transfusé. || Subst. Par méton. Personne qui a subi une transfusion sanguine … Encyclopédie Universelle
transfusé — transfusé, ée (tran sfu zé, zée) part. passé de transfuser. Le sang transfusé dans les veines … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
transfuse — index deliver, inject, permeate, pervade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
transfuse — (v.) to transfer by pouring, early 15c., from L. transfusus, pp. of transfundere pour from one container to another, from trans across (see TRANS (Cf. trans )) + fundere to pour (see FOUND (Cf. found) (2)). Related: Transfused; tran … Etymology dictionary
transfuse — ► VERB 1) Medicine transfer (blood or its components) from one person or animal to another. 2) permeate or infuse. DERIVATIVES transfusion noun. ORIGIN Latin transfundere pour from one container to another … English terms dictionary
transfuse — [transfyo͞oz′] vt. transfused, transfusing [ME transfusen < L transfusus, pp. of transfundere, to pour from one container into another < trans , TRANS + fundere, to pour: see FOUND3] 1. a) to transfer or transmit by or as by causing to flow … English World dictionary
transfuse — v. (D; tr.) to transfuse into, to * * * [træns fjuːz] to (D; tr.) to transfuse into … Combinatory dictionary
transfuse — transfuser, n. transfusible, transfusable, adj. transfusive /trans fyooh siv, ziv/, adj. /trans fyoohz /, v.t., transfused, transfusing. 1. to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill: to transfuse a love of literature to one s… … Universalium
transfuse the sense — index construe (translate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
