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Webster 1913 Edition

Affuse

Af-fuse′

(ăf-fūz′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Affused
(-fūzd′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Affusing
.]
[L.
affusus
, p. p. of
affundere
to pour to;
ad
+
fundere
. See
Fuse
.]
To pour out or upon.
[R.]
I first
affused
water upon the compressed beans.
Boyle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Affuse

AFFU'SE

,
Verb.
T.
s as z. [L. affundo, affusum, ad and fundo, to pour out. See Fuse.]
To pour upon; to sprinkle, as with a liquid.

Definition 2024

affuse

affuse

English

Verb

affuse ‎(third-person singular simple present affuses, present participle affusing, simple past and past participle affused)

  1. (transitive) To pour out or upon.
    • Boyle
      I first affused water upon the compressed beans.

Latin

Participle

affūse

  1. vocative masculine singular of affūsus

Etymology

Latin affusus, past participle of affundere to pour to.

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