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   transfuse

   /transˈfjuːz/

   verb

   • 1. transfer (blood or its components) from one person or animal to another: "it is usual to transfuse blood screened for cytomegalovirus"
   • ▪ inject (liquid) into a blood vessel to replace lost fluid.
   • 2. cause (something or someone) to be permeated or infused by something: "we became transfused by a radiance of joy"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘cause to pass from one person to another’): from Latin transfus- ‘poured from one container to another’, from the verb transfundere, from trans- ‘across’ + fundere ‘pour’.

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