a) That which is infused.
An extract of rooibos and chamomile makes a refreshing infusion.
b) The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
[...] but in the verity of extolment / I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion / of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of / him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would / trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.
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