n. [ Cf. F. affusion. ] The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism. Specifically: (Med) The act of pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a part of the body, as a remedy in disease. Dunglison. [ archaic ] AS [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. circumfusio. ] The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of being spread round. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. confusion, L. confusio. ] 1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. [ 1913 Webster ]

The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moody beggars starving for a time
Of pellmell havoc and confusion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame. [ 1913 Webster ]

Confusion dwelt in every face
And fear in every heart. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ruin seize thee, ruthless king,
Confusion on thy banners wait. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One who confuses; a confounder. [ Obs. ] Chapmen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Confusion of goods (Law), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. Blackstone. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. diffusio: cf. F. diffusion. ] 1. The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion. [ 1913 Webster ]

A diffusion of knowledge which has undermined superstition. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. Unlike absorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the blood ceases to circulate.

Syn. -- Extension; spread; propagation; circulation; expansion; dispersion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. effusio: cf. F. effusion. ] 1. The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

To save the effusion of my people's blood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is poured out, literally or figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wash me with that precious effusion, and I shall be whiter than sow. Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]

The light effusions of a heedless boy. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Pathol.) (a) The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface. (b) The liquid escaping or exuded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fusio, fr. fundere, fusum to pour, melt: cf. F. fusion. See Fuse, v. t., aud cf, Foison. ] 1. The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; as, metals in fusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The union or blending together of things, as, melted together. [ 1913 Webster ]

The universal fusion of races, languages, and customs . . .
had produced a corresponding fusion of creeds. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Watery fusion (Chem.) the melting of certain crystals by heat in their own water of crystallization. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Biol.) The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts or tissues. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. Freedom from confusion; distinctness. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. infusio a pouring in: cf. F. infusion. See Infuse, v. t. ] 1. The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our language has received innumerable elegancies and improvements from that infusion of Hebraisms. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

His folly and his wisdom are of his own growth, not the echo or infusion of other men. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion. [ Obs. ] “Baptism by infusion.” Jortin. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Pharmacy) (a) The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its active principles. (b) The liquid extract obtained by this process. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sips meek infusion of a milder herb. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and is infused into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to traducianism and creationism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. interfusio. ] The act of interfusing, or the state of being interfused. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. intra- + L. fundere, fusum, to pour. ] The act of pouring into a vessel; specif. (Med.), the operation of introducing a substance into a blood vessel; as, intrafusion of blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A type of nuclear reaction in which atomic nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy. Syn. -- fusion, nuclear fusion reaction. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy. Syn. -- fusion, nuclear fusion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. perfusio. ] The act of perfusing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. profusio: cf. F. profusion. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy vast profusion to the factious nobles? Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Abundance; exuberant plenty; lavish supply; as, a profusion of commodities. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. re- + fusion. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. New or repeated melting, as of metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Restoration. “This doctrine of the refusion of the soul.” Bp. Warbuton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. suffusio: cf. F. suffusion. ] 1. The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading. [ 1913 Webster ]

To those that have the jaundice, or like suffusion of eyes, objects appear of that color. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That with which a thing is suffused. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. transfusio: cf. F. transfusion. ] 1. The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The act or operation of transferring the blood of one man or animal into the vascular system of another; also, the introduction of any fluid into the blood vessels, or into a cavity of the body from which it can readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as, the peritoneal transfusion of milk. [ 1913 Webster ]