Middle English Dictionary Entry
infūse adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | infūse adj. Also infūsẹ̄. |
| Etymology | OF infus adj. & infusé, ppl. of infuser. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) In a process of incorporation by marination; (b) soaked.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)182a/b : Take..of þe rote off alte ffemigreke sede lynsed..leye hem in fuse iij dayes in 2 galouns of water.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)187b/a : Menge alle wele togidere; lethem stonde in fuse 5 daies.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)62b/b : R[ecipe] malue bismalue..swynys grese þat nediþ; grynde alle þese herbis & þe grese togideris in a morter & lete it lye xx daies in fuse, and þanne boile it on þe fier and drawe it þoruȝ a clooþ & vse it forþ.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)98a/a : Þou schalt beten þese herbis & putte hem in fuse wiþ þe fatnesse, and þanne boile hem on þe fier.
b
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.143va : Galien seith þat of him & ginger togidre infuce (þat is wel saped & soked) in wyn, & pouder of agaric wel sabbed þerin, been mad trocis, his migth in werking is complete.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)107b/a : Þen fille þe place alle aboute..wiþ cotoun infuse in oile of rosen.