affusion
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.af·fu·sion
noun \a-ˈfyü-zhən\Definition of AFFUSION
: an act of pouring a liquid on (as in baptism)
Origin of AFFUSION
Late Latin affusion-, affusio, from Latin affundere to pour on, from ad- + fundere to pour — more at found
First Known Use: 1615
Rhymes with AFFUSION
allusion, Carthusian, collusion, conclusion, confusion, contusion, delusion, diffusion, effusion, elusion, exclusion, extrusion, illusion, inclusion, infusion, intrusion, Malthusian, obtrusion, occlusion, perfusion, prelusion, profusion, prolusion, protrusion, reclusion, seclusion, transfusion, Venusian
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