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to transfuse

to transfuse

1 7.3
To give people a feeling or idea over time
  • verb
  • /trænsˈfjuz/
translation icon : infundir
  • The speaker transfused her passion for art into the audience, inspiring them to create their own masterpieces.

Examples

  • The teacher worked hard to transfuse a love of learning into her students, hoping they would carry it with them throughout life.

  • I am one of the founding mothers of a movement that has transfused life-giving energy into the Jewish enterprise.

    Academic text (1998)

  • She could feel Keisha gently squeezing her hand, transfusing strength into her.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • For it is something living that we are weighing, and through the relative equilibrium we achieve, we transfuse a more or less large part—never the totality—of a vital current into a tissue composed of verbal elements, whose potential, once liberated by that current, will transport it to the minds of those who can read or listen to our translation.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Through their shared experiences, the mentor transfused confidence and resilience into the young artist.

Synonyms

to plant
vsto transfuse
108 6.4

To put an idea or feeling into someone's mind so it stays there

is gentler and gradual rather than aiming for immediate establishment
to instill
vsto transfuse
  • US
71 4.8

To gradually make someone feel, believe, or value something

is a slow process of giving qualities to people or groups
to inject
vsto transfuse
62 3.9

Add a new idea or quality to something

is slower and more gradual when adding qualities to people
to infuse
vsto transfuse
37 4.6

Fill someone or something with a feeling like confidence

is slower, focusing on gradual transfer into people or groups
to engender
vsto transfuse
  • Formal
26 6.9

To make a feeling or situation start

is a slow way of creating qualities within people or groups
to imbue
vsto transfuse
22 6.9

To fill a person or thing with a particular quality

is more about a slow, steady introduction into groups or people
to impart
vsto transfuse
17 4.8

To give a quality or feeling to something

is more gradual and focused on slowly spreading ideas within groups

Antonyms

to remove
∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

How Strong

to saturate
55 5.2
to transfuse
1 7.3
to instill
  • US
71 4.8
to impart
33 4.3
to suggest
∞ 1.6

Surface Forms

transfuse infinitive
transfused past
transfused past participle
transfusing present participle
transfuses third person singular

Morphology

transfuse = fuse (semi-transparent) = trans + fuse

This is a figurative extension of 'transfer/imbue' based on the 'trans-' + 'fuse' construction; learners familiar with 'transfer' or 'infuse' may guess it, but the form-meaning mapping is not fully transparent.

Etymology

A helpful way to remember transfuse in the sense of giving a quality is to think of 'pouring' it into people; the word comes from Latin trans- 'across' and fundere 'to pour'. That's why to transfuse enthusiasm or hope is to 'pour' that feeling across into a group.