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perfuse

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Verb (transitive)
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per=fuse

CIDE DICTIONARY

perfusev. t. [L. perfusus, p. p. of perfundere to pour over; per + fundere to pour.].
     To suffuse; to fill full or to excess.  Harvey.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

perfuse, v.tr.
1 (often foll. by with) a besprinkle (with water etc.). b cover or suffuse (with radiance etc.).
2 pour or diffuse (water etc.) through or over.
3 Med. cause a fluid to pass through (an organ etc.).

Derivative
perfusion n. perfusive adj.
Etymology
L perfundere perfus- (as PER-, fundere pour)

THESAURUS

perfuse

assign, bleed, carry over, communicate, consign, cup, deliver, deport, diffuse, disseminate, ease in, expel, export, extradite, give a transfusion, hand forward, hand on, hand over, impart, import, infuse, inject, inoculate, insert, insinuate, interject, introduce, intromit, leech, let blood, make over, metastasize, metathesize, pass, pass on, pass over, pass the buck, phlebotomize, pop in, put in, relay, set in, slip in, spread, stick in, switch, throw in, transfer, transfer property, transfuse, translate, translocate, transmit, transplace, transplant, transpose, tuck in, turn over, whip in

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