Affusion: alternatives and connections

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be…

The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.

To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.

The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.

A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.

The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.

One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ.

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

of Besprinkle

Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose, etc., accor…

of Cast

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate o…

A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.

To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel.

The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.

Pouring out; pouring forth freely.