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The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity. Johnson.

r in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed. That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse. Denham.

One who, or that which, infuses.

Capability of being infused, pouredin, or instilled.

Capable of being infused. Doctrines being infusible into all. Hammond.

Infusibility.

The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal. Our language has received innumerable elegancies and improvements from that infusion of Hebraisms. Addison.

The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and is infused into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to tradicianism and creationism.

Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing. The infusive force of Spirit on man. Thomson.

One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size.

Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of, or containing, Infusoria; as, infusorial earth. Infusorial earth (Geol.), a deposit of fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants called diatoms. It is used in polishing powder, and in the manufacture of dynamite.…

One of the Infusoria.

Infusorial.

Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative. Milton. He proved extremely false and ingrateful to me. Atterbury.

Shining between.

To pour or spread between or among; to diffuse; to scatter. The ambient air, wide interfused, Embracing round this florid earth. Milton.

The act of interfusing, or the state of being interfused. Coleridge.

l; specif. (Med.), the operation of introducing a substance into a blood vessel; as, intrafusion of blood.

Full of entreaty. [Obs.] Spenser.

Full of invention. J. Gifford.