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a. Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. “A gainful speculation.” Macaulay. -- Gain"ful*ly, adv. -- Gain"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. infucatus painted; pref. in- in + fucare to paint, dye. See Fucate. ] To stain; to paint; to daub. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of painting or staining, especially of painting the face. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Infule [ L. ] A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was generally white. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Infumated p. pr. & vb. n. Infumating. ] [ L. infumatus, p. p. of infumare to infumate; pref. in- in + fumare to smoke, fr. fumus smoke. ] To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Clouded; having a cloudy appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of drying in smoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dried in smoke; smoked. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Infundibulum. ] Having the form of a funnel; pertaining to an infundibulum. [ 1913 Webster ]

Infundibulate Bryozoa (Zool.), a group of marine Bryozoa having a circular arrangement of the tentacles upon the disk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. infundibulum funnel + -form: cf. F. infundibuliforme. ] 1. Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Same as Funnelform. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Infundibula E. Infundibulums [ L., a funnel, from infundere to pour in or into. See Infuse. ] 1. (Anat.) A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads. (b) The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inter with funeral rites; to bury. [ Obs. ] G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. in- in + L. furca fork. ] A forked expansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ It. infuriato, p. p. of infuriare. See Infuriate, v. t. ] Enraged; raging; furiously angry; infuriated. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inflamed beyond the most infuriate wrath. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Infuriated p. pr. & vb. n. Infuriating ] [ It. infuriato, p. p. of infuriare; pref. in- (L. in) + furia fury, L. furia. See Fury. ] To render furious; to enrage; to exasperate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those curls of entangled snakes with which Erinys is said to have infuriated Athemas and Ino. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Enraged; furious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. extremely annoying or displeasing; causing intense anger.
Syn. -- annoying, exasperating, maddening, vexing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a feeling of intense anger.
Syn. -- enragement. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. infuscatus, p. p. of infuscare; pref. in- in + fuscare to make dark, fr. fuscus dark. ] To darken; to make black; to obscure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Darkened with a blackish tinge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Infused p. pr. & vb. n. Infusing. ] [ L. infusus, p. p. of infundere to pour in or into; pref. in- in + fundere to pour: cf. F. infuser. See Found to cast. ] 1. To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed. [ 1913 Webster ]

That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce. [ 1913 Webster ]

That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessed? Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Infuse his breast with magnanimity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Infusing him with self and vain conceit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak. [ 1913 Webster ]

One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Infusion. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, infuses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Infuse. ] Capability of being infused, poured in, or instilled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. in- not + fusibility: cf. F. infusibilité. ] Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved; as, the infusibility of carbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Infuse, v. ] Capable of being infused. [ 1913 Webster ]

Doctrines being infusible into all. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + fusible: cf. F. infusible. ] Not fusible; incapable or difficult of fusion, or of being dissolved or melted. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

The best crucibles are made of Limoges earth, which seems absolutely infusible. Lavoisier (Trans. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Infusibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. infusio a pouring in: cf. F. infusion. See Infuse, v. t. ] 1. The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our language has received innumerable elegancies and improvements from that infusion of Hebraisms. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

His folly and his wisdom are of his own growth, not the echo or infusion of other men. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion. [ Obs. ] “Baptism by infusion.” Jortin. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Pharmacy) (a) The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its active principles. (b) The liquid extract obtained by this process. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sips meek infusion of a milder herb. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and is infused into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to traducianism and creationism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The infusive force of Spirit on man. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL.; -- so called because found in infusions which are left exposed to the air for a time. See Infuse. ] (Zool.) One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size. Formerly, the term was applied to any microbe found in infusions of decaying organic material, but the term is now applied more specifically to one of the classes of the phylum Ciliophora, of ciliated protozoans. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ (From 1913 dictionary): They are found in all seas, lakes, ponds, and streams, as well as in infusions of organic matter exposed to the air. They are distinguished by having vibrating lashes or cilia, with which they obtain their food and swim about. They are devided into the orders Flagellata, Ciliata, and Tentaculifera. See these words in the Vocabulary. Formely the term Infusoria was applied to all microscopic organisms found in water, including many minute plants, belonging to the diatoms, as well as minute animals belonging to various classes, as the Rotifera, which are worms; and the Rhizopoda, which constitute a distinct class of Protozoa. Fossil Infusoria are mostly the siliceous shells of diatoms; sometimes they are siliceous skeletons of Radiolaria, or the calcareous shells of Foraminifera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of, or containing, Infusoria; as, infusorial earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Infusorial earth (Geol.), a deposit of fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants called diatoms; also called diatomaceous earth, kieselguhr, and diatomite. It is used in polishing powder, and in the manufacture of dynamite. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Infusoria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Infusorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Infusories (Zool.) One of the Infusoria; -- usually in the pl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Painstaking; careful; industrious. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

A very painful person, and a great clerk. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor must the painful husbandman be tired. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Disquieting; troublesome; afflictive; distressing; grievous; laborious; toilsome; difficult; arduous. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Pain"ful*ly, adv. -- Pain"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid.
Syn. -- pain. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ Pref. re- + L. infundere to pour in. ] To flow in anew. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AAS. synfull. ] Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. Isa. i. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sin"ful*ly, adv. -- Sin"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Skinfuls As much as a skin can hold. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. super- + infuse: cf. L. superinfundere, superinfusum, to pour over. ] To infuse over. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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