| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| affusion |
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| SYLLABICATION: | af·fu·sion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -fy  zhn |
| NOUN: | A pouring on of liquid, as in baptism. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin aff si , affsin-, from Latin affsus, past participle of affundere, to pour on : ad-, ad- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Appendix I.
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