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suf·fuse

[suh-fyooz]
verb (used with object), -fused, -fus·ing.
to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.

Origin:
1580–90; < Latin suffūsus (past participle of suffundere). See suf-, fuse2

suf·fused·ly [suh-fyoozd-lee, -fyoo-zid-] , adverb
suf·fu·sion [suh-fyoo-zhuhn] , noun
suf·fu·sive [suh-fyoo-siv] , adjective
un·suf·fused, adjective
un·suf·fu·sive, adjective


cover, pervade, diffuse, bathe, flood.

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Example Sentences
  • Olive oil, onion, garlic and tomato round out the flavors that suffuse the chicken.
  • High winds can suffuse more carbon dioxide into the surface waters, where the gas is more readily taken up by algae.
  • Indeed, she pays specific homage to the shades whose style and concerns suffuse her prose.
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suffuse (səˈfjuːz)
 
vb
(tr; usually passive) to spread or flood through or over (something): the evening sky was suffused with red
 
[C16: from Latin suffūsus overspread with, from suffundere, from sub- + fundere to pour]
 
suffusion
 
n
 
suf'fusive
 
adj

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