† inˈfude, v. Obs.
Pa. tense in 5 infude.
[irreg. f. L. infundĕre, perf. infūdī: see infund and infound. Cf. defude, diffude, effude.]
1. trans. To pour in, infuse; also, to pour (on).
| 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 185 b, He..infudeth or putteth into the soule the admyrable lyght of grace. 1531 Elyot Gov. iii. xxiii, God almyghtie infuded Sapience into the Memorye of man. 1566 Painter Pal. Pleas. I. 78 The same bloude infudeth himselfe into the vpper partes. 1599 tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 330/2 Let this stande a night, and a daye, then power it of, & infude other water theron. |
2. To infuse or inspire (a person) with.
| c 1460 Towneley Myst. xi. 89 Grete well all oure kyn of bloode, That lord, that the with grace infude, he saue all in this place. |