infuse

About 0.64 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
2. verb To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
3. verb To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
4. verb To instill as a quality.
5. verb To undergo infusion.

   Let it infuse for five minutes.

6. verb To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
7. verb To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

Similar words

instill inculcate tincture steep impregnate brew animate instil inspire incorporate

Often followed by

the into a new it his their them in life

Word family

infused infuser infusers infuses infusing