Interfuse

Interfuse
Interfuse In`ter*fuse", v. t. [L. interfusus, p. p. of interfundere to pour between; inter between + fundere to pour. See {Fuse} to melt.] [1913 Webster] 1. To pour or spread between or among; to diffuse; to scatter. [1913 Webster]

The ambient air, wide interfused, Embracing round this florid earth. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. To spread through; to permeate; to pervade. [R.] [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. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]

3. To mix up together; to associate. --H. Spencer. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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