| Affusion 1. (n.) The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism. 2. (n.) The act of pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a part of the body, as a remedy in disease. Thesaurus Entries aspergation, aspersion, baptism, baptismal gown, baptismal regeneration, baptistery, baptizement, bath, bathing, bedewing, chrismal, christening, dampening, damping, deluge, dewing, drowning, flooding, font, hosing, hosing down, humidification, immersion, infusion, inundation, irrigation, laving, moistening, rinsing, sparging, spattering, splashing, splattering, spraying, sprinkling, submersion, swashing, total immersion, watering, wetting |