perfuse

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  1. transitive verb To coat or permeate with liquid, color, or light; suffuse.
  2. transitive verb To pour or diffuse (a liquid, for example) over or through something.

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  1. Latin perfundere, perfūs-, to pour over : per-, per- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin perfusus, past participle of perfundere, pour over, from per, through, + fundere, pour: see found, fuse.
 

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/pərˈfjuz/
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