Past tense of infuse; filled or saturated with a quality, substance, or element; steeped or soaked to extract flavor.
From Latin infusus, past participle of infundere 'to pour in,' from in- 'into' + fundere 'to pour.' The word entered English in the 15th century, initially used in medical and alchemical contexts.
The beautiful thing about 'infused' is that it works both literally (tea infused with herbs) and metaphorically (speech infused with passion). The Latin root captures the gentle, gradual process - not dumping or flooding, but carefully pouring in.
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