All 3 Uses of
infusion
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- She lay still beneath the sun, watching him work, remembering days early in their marriage when they'd gone out for long walks in the spring evenings, holding hands, the air infused with scents of honeysuckle and hyacinths.†
p. 174.3 *infused = added something to something else to make it better
- She loved waking to the warm, heavy length of Al sleeping beside her, his hand coming to rest, lightly, on the flat of her belly, the scent of him—fresh soap and Old Spice—slowly infusing the room, the sheets, the towels.†
p. 223.1infusing = adding something to something else to make it better
- "Robert?" she said, taken aback, a faint perfume infusing the cold air.†
p. 355.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(infusion) to add something to something else; or the thing added
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More specifically, infusion can mean to add medicine or fluid to the blood stream through gravitational drip or pump.
It can also refer to a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance -- such as tea or herbs in water.