affuse

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/əˈfjuːz/

verb

To pour out or upon.

OriginLatin affundō →
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Meanings

verbaffuse (third-person singular simple present affuses, present participle affusing, simple past and past participle affused)

present singular third person affuses · participle present affusing · participle past affused · past affused

  1. archaictransitiveTo pour out or upon.

    [I] poured on them acid liquors, to try if they contained any volatile salt or spirit, which (had there been any there) would probably have discovered itself by making an ebullition with the affused liquor.

    1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinaffundō“I pour, sprinkle, or scatter onto”
  2. Englishaffuse

Borrowed from Latin affundō (“I pour, sprinkle, or scatter onto”, perfect passive participial stem: affūs-).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

effuse (many accents)
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APA

affuse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affuse

MLA

“affuse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affuse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affuse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affuse.

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