infusive

American  

[in-fyoo-siv] / ɪnˈfyu sɪv /

adjective

1. capable of infusing; inspiring.

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Other Word Forms

• uninfusive adjective

Etymology

Origin of infusive

First recorded in 1620–30; infuse + -ive

Example Sentences

Murshed Chowdhury, CEO of Infusive Solutions, a specialized staffing firm in New York City, suggests that candidates ask the interviewer, “What excites you about coming into work every day?”

From Forbes

Its cool glow is so infusive you may feel you're getting a gentle tan as you watch the film.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Antæus the giant acquired life and strength by dropping back upon the bosom of his mother earth—she, the universal parent, was, you know, in a more private and domestic meaning his mother—so, giants of our brood, dropping back upon they bosom, O Father Chaucer! shall from that infusive touch renew vitality and vigour, and go forth exultingly to scale, not Olympus, but Parnassus.

From Project Gutenberg

Thou sought'st him in his desolation; placed On thy warm bosom his unpillowed head;           Bade him for visions live           More bright than worlds can give; O'er his pale lips thy soul infusive shed That left his dust adored where kings decay untraced.

From Project Gutenberg