suffuse
[ suh-fyooz ]
/ səˈfyuz /
verb (used with object), suf·fused, suf·fus·ing.
to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
Nearby words
suffragette, suffragist, suffrutescent, suffruticose, suffumigate, suffuse, suffusion, suffusive, sufi, sufiism, sufism
Origin of suffuse
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British Dictionary definitions for suffuse
suffuse
/ (səˈfjuːz) /
verb
(tr; usually passive) to spread or flood through or over (something)the evening sky was suffused with red
Derived Formssuffusion (səˈfjuːʒən), nounsuffusive, adjective
Word Origin for suffuse
C16: from Latin suffūsus overspread with, from suffundere, from sub- + fundere to pour
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Word Origin and History for suffuse
suffuse
1580s, from Latin suffusus, past participle of suffundere (see suffusion). Related: Suffused; suffusing.
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