infused

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past simple and past participle of

to fill someone or something with an emotion or quality:

infuse someone/something with something The pulling down of the Berlin Wall infused the world with optimism.

infuse something into something The arrival of a group of friends on Saturday infused new life into the weekend.

If you infuse a drink or it infuses, you leave substances such as tea leaves or herbs in hot water so that their flavour goes into the liquid:

Allow the tea to infuse for five minutes.