| VERB | cognition | infuse, inculcate, instill | teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
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| change | infuse, impregnate, instill, tincture | fill, as with a certain quality | |
| change | infuse | undergo the process of infusion | |
| change | infuse, steep | let sit in a liquid / liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse | |
| body | infuse | introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes |
| Sounds | ihnfyuw'z | |
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| Rhymes | abuse ... values: 47 rhymes with uwz... | |
| Meaning | teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | inculcate, instill | |
| Narrower | din | instill (into a person) by constant repetition |
| Broader | drill | teach by repetition |
| Spanish | inbuir, inculcar, instilar | |
| Catalan | inculcar | |
| Meaning | Fill, as with a certain quality. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | impregnate, instill, tincture | |
| Broader | fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense |
| Spanish | teñir, tinturar | |
| Catalan | tenyir, tintar | |
| Nouns | infusion | the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality |
| Meaning | Undergo the process of infusion. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | steep, infuse | Let sit in a liquid / liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse |
| Similar to | steep, infuse | Let sit in a liquid / liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse |
| Nouns | infusion | the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water) |
| Meaning | Let sit in a liquid / liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | steep | |
| Narrower | decoct | steep in hot water |
| draw | steep | |
| infuse | Undergo the process of infusion | |
| marinade, marinate | soak in marinade | |
| Broader | soak, imbue | Fill, soak, or imbue totally |
| Similar to | infuse | Undergo the process of infusion |
| Spanish | embeber, empapar | |
| Catalan | amarar, elaborar, fer infusions, preparar, remullar, xopar | |
| Meaning | introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals" | |
| Category | medicine, practice of medicine | The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries |
| Broader | inject, shoot | Give an injection to |
| Nouns | infusion | (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force) |
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