affuse
/əˈfjuːz/
affuse verb: to pour out or upon.
Verb
affuse (third-person singular simple present affuses, present participle affusing, simple past and past participle affused)
- To pour out or upon.
- [I] poured on them acid liquors, to try if they contained any volatile salt or spirit, which (had there been any there) would probably have discovered itself by making an ebullition with the affused liquor.1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC
Forms of affuse
| third-person singular present | affuses |
|---|---|
| present participle | affusing |
| past participle | affused |
| past | affused |
Origin of affuse
Borrowed from Latin affundō (“I pour, sprinkle, or scatter onto”, perfect passive participial stem: affūs-).
Questions about affuse
- What does affuse mean?
- Affuse means to pour out or upon.
- What part of speech is affuse?
- Affuse is a verb.
- How do you pronounce affuse?
- Affuse is pronounced /əˈfjuːz/.
- What is the past tense of affuse?
- The past tense of affuse is affused.
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