Infusion
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality
"The team's continued success is attributable to a steady infusion of new talent"
(2) (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force)
(3) The process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water)
(4) A solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
WiktionaryText
Noun
infusion
- That which is infused. This is the most common meaning.
- The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
- The act of installing a quality into a person.
- (obsolete) The act of dipping into a fluid.
Quotations
installing a quality into a person
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act V scene 1
- [...] but in the verity of extolment
- I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion
- of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of
- him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would
- trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.