transfuse

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verb

Definition of TRANSFUSE

1

to cause (something) to pass from one to another <a teacher who is able to transfuse his enthusiasm and passion for history to his students>

Synonyms conduct, convey, give, impart, spread, transfer, transfuse, transmit

Related Words deliver, hand over, surrender, turn over; broadcast, diffuse, disseminate, propagate; hand down, hand on; contaminate, infect, poison

Near Antonyms catch, come down (with), contract

2

to spread throughout <light transfused the room as the sun rose>

Synonyms interpenetrate, percolate (into), pervade, riddle, suffuse, transfuse

Related Words diffuse (through), impregnate, pass (into), penetrate; fill (up); drench, imbue, infuse, saturate, soak, steep; flood, glut