Latin

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Etymology

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From per- +‎ fundo.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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perfundō (present infinitive perfundere, perfect active perfūdī, supine perfūsum); third conjugation

  1. to pour (liquid) over or through; to perfuse
    Synonym: cōnfundō
  2. to flood or bathe, drench
    Synonyms: rigō, imbuō
    Antonyms: siccō, dūrō
  3. to imbue, inspire, fill with any thing
    Synonyms: imbuō, īnspīrō

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: perfuse

References

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  • perfundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perfundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perfundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a thing makes a pleasant impression on the senses: aliquid sensus iucunditate perfundit
    • to be bathed in tears: in lacrimas effundi or lacrimis perfundi
    • to revel in pleasure, be blissfully happy: voluptate perfundi
    • to be filled with delight: gaudio perfundi
    • to fill the souls of one's audience with devotion: audientium animos religione perfundere (Liv. 10. 388)
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