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English
Etymology
See super- and compare infuse.
Verb
superfuse (third-person singular simple present superfuses, present participle superfusing, simple past and past participle superfused)
- (obsolete, transitive) To pour (something) over or on something else.
1685 December 23 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, , 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, ; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, , published 1819, →OCLC:pouring first a very cold liquor into a glass, and super-fusing on it another, to appearance cold and cleare liquor also
Latin
Participle
superfūse
- vocative masculine singular of superfūsus