Meanings
verbsuperfuse (third-person singular simple present superfuses, present participle superfusing, simple past and past participle superfused)
present singular third person superfuses · participle present superfusing · participle past superfused · past superfused
- obsoletetransitiveTo pour (something) over or on something else.
pouring first a very cold liquor into a glass, and super-fusing on it another, to appearance cold and cleare liquor also
1685 December 22 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for December 13 1685]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC
Origin
See super- and compare infuse.
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