† inˈfund, v. Obs.
[ad. L. infund-ĕre to pour in, f. in- (in-2) + fundĕre to pour. Cf. infound, infude, infuse.]
1. trans. To pour in; to infuse; to shed, pour (on).
| 1514 Fruyte Redempcyon (W. de W.) A iij, Infunde grace, kyndle loue. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 207 The kingis servandis..fand the wichis infunding certane liquor on the image. 1559 Primer in Priv. Prayers (1851) 110 By infunding thy precious oil of comfort into my wounds. 1579 Fulke Heskins' Parl. 53 The diuine essens infundeth it selfe in the sacrament. 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xviii. (1623) 918 The great grace that God giueth and secretly infundeth. |
2. To steep; = infuse v. 4.
| 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 59 Medicaments are infunded, humected and macerated. |