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The word "transfuse" has been employed in literature to evoke a sense of merging or infusing one substance or quality into another. In Bret Harte's work, the term conveys a mysterious, almost supernatural process, suggesting that an external presence invades and wholly alters an individual’s inner being [1]. Conversely, Jesse Henry Jones uses "transfuse" in a more abstract sense to describe the seamless imbedding of qualities into form, highlighting the intrinsic interconnection of elements within a structure [2]. Both usages underscore how the word may powerfully symbolize the confluence of disparate forces, whether literal or metaphorical, ultimately reshaping the fundamental nature of their subjects.
  1. A strange presence seemed to transfuse and possess him.
    — from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales by Bret Harte
  2. Qualities transfuse the form.
    — from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse Henry Jones

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