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affuses

affuses is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 affuses

What is affuses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Affuses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of affuse.

Words near affuses in the dictionary

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

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