circumfuse
Americanverb (used with object)
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to pour around; diffuse.
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to surround as with a fluid; suffuse.
An atmosphere of joy circumfused the celebration.
verb
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to pour or spread (a liquid, powder, etc) around
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to surround with a substance, such as a liquid
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Etymology
Origin of circumfuse
First recorded in 1590–1600, circumfuse is from the Latin word circumfūsus (past participle of circumfundere to pour around). See circum-, fuse 2
Example Sentences
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I almost think I could love him, whoever it be, on whom thou wouldst shed the rays that circumfuse thyself.
From Zanoni by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
As to the last, she did not think Frank had money enough yet to "circumfuse," she said, in that way.
From Real Folks by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
This species is widely circumfused, usually hard, quite thick, uneven, pallid, elegant chocolate-brown, then blackish; conversely encircled crested border.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
In every dell The sands of my deep sighs are circumfused.
From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred
Earth, and all that appertains thereto, speedily passed from his eyes, and they were alone in the midst of circumfused ether, glowing with a sunless light.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 342, November 22, 1828 by Various
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