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verb

Fuse v. t. (past & past part. fused; pres. part. fusing)

To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt.

To unite or blend, as if melted together. "Whose fancy fuses old and new."

Fuse v. i.

To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.

To be blended, as if melted together.

Fusing point, the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion; the melting point.

adjective

fused adj. Joined together into a whole.

Synonyms: amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated.

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Etymology of 'Fused'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fused" Quotes from Famous Books

... the firing-point. Our soldiers in the trenches in Flanders, according to "Eye-Witness," have made improvised hand-grenades for themselves, utilising empty jam-tins. These are charged with gun-cotton and fused, and on being lighted are flung across among the Germans in their trenches. What the jam-tin hand-grenades look like the "War News" illustration referred to shows, and how ...

— The Illustrated War News, Number 21, Dec. 30, 1914 • Various

... roused, nor long held. In his relations with women emotion came second to mental stimulation, so that he never sought one whose mere sex was her main attraction. This saved him from much—he was experienced, but not degraded. Of love, however, in the fused sense of body, mind, and spirit, he knew nothing. Perhaps his work claimed too much from him; at any rate he was too egotistical, too critical and self-sufficient to give easily. Whether he had received such love he did not ask himself—it is probable that he had, without ...

— The Nest Builder • Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale

... the threat which had made her its own presently was lifted, and mingling with other things fused into them. The kaleidoscope of time and events which visits those that drown possessed her, and for a second Mary relived ...

— Mary Magdalen • Edgar Saltus

... beneath the fistula should be carefully greased with lard or oil, as this will prevent the discharge that comes from the opening after the caustic is introduced from irritating or blistering the skin over which it flows. In obstinate cases a piece of caustic potash (fused) 1 to 2 inches in length may be introduced into the opening and should be covered with oakum or cotton. The horse should then be secured so that he can not reach the part with his teeth. After the caustic plug ...

— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture

... carry forward imperialistic national ends (R. 342); in France, where it has been intelligently used to promote a rational type of national strength (R. 341); in Italy, where divergent racial types are being fused into a new national unity; in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines (R. 343) where the United States has used education to bring backward peoples up to a new level of culture, and to develop in them firm foundations of national solidarity; ...

— THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION • ELLWOOD P. CUBBERLEY

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