infusion

See also: infusión and Infusion

English

From Middle English infusioun, from Old French infusion, from Latin infusio, infusionem (“a pouring into, a wetting, a dyeing, a flow”), from infundo.

infusion (countable and uncountable, plural infusions)

A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.
An extract of rooibos and chamomile makes a refreshing infusion.
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.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
  [...] 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.
(obsolete) The act of dipping into a fluid.
(medicine) The administration of liquid substances directly into a vein for medical purposes; perfusion.

a product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities

act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities

act of installing a quality into a person

act of dipping into a fluid

medicine: the administration of liquid substances directly into a vein

infusion f (plural infusions)

infusion (liquid product which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities)
Synonyms: décoction, tisane