First Known Use: 1615
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affusion
noun af·fu·sion \a-ˈfyü-zhən\
Definition of AFFUSION
: an act of pouring a liquid on (as in baptism)
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Origin of AFFUSION
Late Latin affusion-, affusio, from Latin affundere to pour on, from ad- + fundere to pour — more at found
Rhymes with AFFUSION
allusion, Carthusian, collusion, conclusion, confusion, contusion, delusion, diffusion, effusion, elusion, exclusion, extrusion, illusion, inclusion, infusion, intrusion, Malthusian, obtrusion, occlusion, perfusion, prelusion, profusion, prolusion, protrusion, reclusion, seclusion, transfusion, Venusian
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