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suffuse

[suh-fyooz]
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verb (used with object), suf·fused, suf·fus·ing.

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

RELATED WORDS

permeate, saturate, tinge, steep, bathe, color, interject, cover, introduce, charge, spread, fill, overspread

Origin of suffuse

First recorded in 1580–90, suffuse is from the Latin word suffūsus (past participle of suffundere). See suf-, fuse2
Related formssuf·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, adjectiveun·suf·fu·sive, adjective

Synonyms for suffuse

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cover, pervade, diffuse, bathe, flood.
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Examples from the Web for suffuse

Historical Examples of suffuse

  • At the name of Rochus I saw the blood rise into her cheeks and suffuse her whole face with crimson.

    The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter

    Adolphe Danziger De Castro and Ambrose Bierce

  • It seemed that she, too, at that moment felt some of the glow that the fall of the Alamo was to suffuse through Texas.

    The Texan Scouts

    Joseph A. Altsheler

  • Their attachment had been but physical; their affection only make-believe—to colour fact, and suffuse reality with romance.

    Why we should read

    S. P. B. Mais

  • For by drudgery is meant those activities in which the interest in the outcome does not suffuse the means of getting the result.

    How We Think

    John Dewey

  • Nothing can surpass the delicate tints of rose-color, silver gray, gold and purple which suffuse these summits in early morning.

British Dictionary definitions for suffuse

suffuse

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
v.

1580s, from Latin suffusus, past participle of suffundere (see suffusion). Related: Suffused; suffusing.

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