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transfuse

Syllabification: (trans·fuse)

Pronunciation: /transˈfyo͞oz/

Definition of transfuse

verb

[with object]

1 Medicine transfer (blood or its components) from one person or animal to another.
inject (liquid) into a blood vessel to replace lost fluid.

2cause (something or someone) to be permeated or infused by something:we became transfused by a radiance of joy

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'