infuenza.html - n.
(pl. infulae) Eccl. either of the two ribbons on a bishop's mitre. [L, = woollen fillet worn by priest etc.]

infuenza.html - adj.
funnel-shaped. [L infundibulum funnel f. infundere pour in (as IN-(2), fundere pour)]

infuenza.html - v. & adj.
--v.

tr. fill with fury; enrage.

--adj.

literary excited to fury; frantic.

infuriating adj. infuriatingly adv. infuriation n. [med.L infuriare infuriat- (as IN-(2), L furia FURY)]

infuenza.html - v.
1 tr. (usu. foll. by with) imbue; pervade (anger infused with resentment).
2 tr. steep (herbs, tea, etc.) in liquid to extract the content.
3 tr. (usu. foll. by into) instil (grace, spirit, life, etc.).
4 intr. undergo infusion (let it infuse for five minutes).
5 tr. (usu. foll. by into) pour (a thing).

infusable adj. infuser n. infusive adj. [ME f. L infundere infus- (as IN-(2), fundere pour)]

infuenza.html - adj.
not able to be fused or melted.

infusibility n.

infuenza.html - n.
1 a liquid obtained by infusing.
2 an infused element; an admixture.
3 Med. a slow injection of a substance into a vein or tissue.
4 a the act of infusing. b an instance of this. [ME f. F infusion or L infusio (as INFUSE)]