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
  1. That which is infused. This is the most common meaning.
  2. The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
  3. The act of installing a quality into a person.
  4. (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.
 
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