suffuse

[ suh-fyooz ]

/ səˈfyuz /

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verb (used with object), suf·fused, suf·fus·ing.

to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.

OTHER WORDS FOR suffuse

cover, pervade, diffuse, bathe, flood.

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Origin of suffuse

First recorded in 1580–90, suffuse is from the Latin word suffūsus (past participle of suffundere). See suf-, fuse²

OTHER WORDS FROM suffuse

suf·fused·ly

[suh-fyoozd-lee, -fyoo-zid-], /səˈfyuzd li, -ˈfyu zɪd-/, adverbsuf·fu·sion

[suh-fyoo-zhuhn], /səˈfyu ʒən/, nounsuf·fu·sive

[suh-fyoo-siv], /səˈfyu sɪv/, adjectiveun·suf·fused, adjective

un·suf·fu·sive, adjective

Words nearby suffuse

suffragette, suffragist, suffrutescent, suffruticose, suffumigate, suffuse, Sufi, Sufism, Sufu, sug-, súgán

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How to use suffuse in a sentence

A tragic dimension is suffused all through “Etta and Ella” — of loss of status, of bearings, of sanity.
Adrienne Kennedy’s new play, ‘Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side,’ is utterly unique|Peter Marks|January 14, 2021|Washington Post
A mathematically precise definition of consciousness could mean that the cosmos is suffused with subjective experience.
Electrons May Very Well Be Conscious - Issue 94: Evolving|Tam Hunt|December 30, 2020|Nautilus
Bodies, suffused as they are with anitya, come and go, whereas genes go on and on, catapulted into the future either as offspring or in the bodies of other relatives.
Over Time, Buddhism and Science Agree - Issue 94: Evolving|David P. Barash|December 23, 2020|Nautilus
While Venus is similar to Earth in size, mass, and rocky composition, its surface temperatures reach 900 °F, and its atmosphere is suffused with thick clouds of sulfuric acid billions of times more acidic than any environment on Earth.
Life on Venus?|Katie McLean|December 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review

At the Beijing Zoo, the team presented six captive giant pandas with piles of hay suffused with the chemicals, or with other substances.
Giant pandas may roll in horse poop to feel warm|Jonathan Lambert|December 7, 2020|Science News
The knowledge and performance of evil should suffuse one's daily life.
The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley
The blushes of an instinctive sensibility suffuse their countenances, and petitions for assistance falter on their tongues.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II|Francis Augustus Cox
He saw her eyes suffuse, and a faint color glow in her cheek.
The Locusts' Years|Mary Helen Fee
The next minute Gedge was looking in wonder at the peculiar rosy glow which suddenly began to suffuse the great mountain.
Fix Bay'nets|George Manville Fenn
At the recital of a noble action or a beautiful thought, they would suffuse with tears, and his mouth trembled.
Keats|Sidney Colvin

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 forms of suffuse

suffusion (səˈfjuːʒən), nounsuffusive, adjective

Word Origin for suffuse

C16: from Latin suffūsus overspread with, from suffundere, from sub- + fundere to pour

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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