transfuse
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To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.
To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man or animal to those of another.
To cause to pass from to another; to cause to be instilled or imbibed; as, to transfuse a spirit of patriotism into a man; to transfuse a love of letters.
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Her presence instilled faith into the children
transfuse love of music into the students
Now, Houston Methodist hospital in Texas announced that it has "received FDA approval Saturday to become the first academic medical center in the nation to transfuse donated plasma from a recovered COVID-19 patient into a critically ill patient."
The plasma that is collected will be used to transfuse people with the coronavirus infection in hopes of aiding their recovery.