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affused

affused is the simple past and past participle of affuse.

Meaning of affuse

Verb

affuse (third-person singular simple present affuses, present participle affusing, simple past and past participle affused)

  1. (archaic, transitive) 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

Questions about affused

What is affused the simple past and past participle of?
Affused is the simple past and past participle of affuse.

Words near affused in the dictionary

  1. afft.
  2. affts.
  3. affulgence
  4. affulgent
  5. affuse
  6. affused
  7. affuses
  8. affusing
  9. affusion
  10. affusions
  11. affy

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