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affusing

affusing is the present participle and gerund 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 affusing

What is affusing the present participle and gerund of?
Affusing is the present participle and gerund of affuse.

Words near affusing in the dictionary

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

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