interfuse

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: in=ter=fuse

CIDE DICTIONARY

interfuse, v. t. [L. interfusus, p. p. of interfundere to pour between; inter between + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.].

•  To pour or spread between or among; to diffuse; to scatter.  [1913 Webster]

  "The ambient air, wide interfused,
  Embracing round this florid earth."  [1913 Webster]
•  To spread through; to permeate; to pervade.  [1913 Webster]

  "Keats, in whom the moral seems to have so perfectly interfused the physical man, that you might almost say he could feel sorrow with his hands."  [1913 Webster]
•  To mix up together; to associate.  H. Spencer.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

interfuse, v.
1 tr. a (usu. foll. by with) mix (a thing) with; intersperse. b blend (things) together.
2 intr. (of two things) blend with each other.

Derivative

interfusion n.

Etymology

L interfundere interfus- (as INTER-, fundere pour)

THESAURUS

interfuse

add, amalgamate, assimilate, blend, coalesce, combine, come together, compound, comprise, connect, consolidate, diffuse, embody, encompass, flux, fuse, immingle, impregnate, include, incorporate, infuse, integrate, interblend, interlard, intermingle, intermix, interpenetrate, intersow, intersperse, intersprinkle, join, lump together, make one, meld, melt into one, merge, mingle, mix, penetrate, percolate, pervade, put together, reembody, roll into one, saturate, shade into, solidify, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, transfuse, unify, unite