Affuse

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Affuse \Af*fuse"\ ([a^]f*f[=u]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affused}
     (-f[=u]zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Affusing}.] [L. affusus, p. p.
     of affundere to pour to; ad + fundere. See {Fuse}.]
     To pour out or upon. [R.]
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           I first affused water upon the compressed beans.
                                                    --Boyle.
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