suffuse

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

Origin of suffuse

1
First recorded in 1580–90, suffuse is from the Latin word suffūsus (past participle of suffundere). See suf-, fuse2

Other words for suffuse

Other words from suffuse

  • suf·fused·ly [suh-fyoozd-lee, -fyoo-zid-], /səˈfyuzd li, -ˈfyu zɪd-/, adverb
  • suf·fu·sion [suh-fyoo-zhuhn], /səˈfyu ʒən/, noun
  • suf·fu·sive [suh-fyoo-siv], /səˈfyu sɪv/, adjective
  • un·suf·fused, adjective
  • un·suf·fu·sive, adjective

Words Nearby suffuse

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How to use suffuse in a sentence

  • 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.

  • 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
  1. (tr; usually passive) to spread or flood through or over (something): the evening sky was suffused with red

Origin of suffuse

1
C16: from Latin suffūsus overspread with, from suffundere, from sub- + fundere to pour

Derived forms of suffuse

  • suffusion (səˈfjuːʒən), noun
  • suffusive, adjective

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