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suffused

[suh-fyooz]

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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

Related forms

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

Synonyms
cover, pervade, diffuse, bathe, flood.

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All of it was suffused with the insistent, curative aroma of ginger.

The movie crawls at the pace of the ox-drawn covered wagons, but it is lavishly beautiful and suffused with tension.

Deng's reformist victory was suffused with compromise, a pattern that persists to this day.

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All of it was suffused with the insistent, curative aroma of ginger.

The movie crawls at the pace of the ox-drawn covered wagons, but it is lavishly beautiful and suffused with tension.

Deng's reformist victory was suffused with compromise, a pattern that persists to this day.

Foliage is sometimes suffused with pink in cool fall weather add to my plant list.

According to a new study, their coloration comes from natural pigments in the algae suffused by the element boron.

Suddenly, the seemingly tired, ancient landscape is suffused with a sense of renewed inner life.

Suffused with sunlight and open to a deck, the room allows easy indoor-outdoor living.

Like short-lived mice, the cells of naked mole rats are suffused with free-floating, cell-damaging oxygen free radicals.

It is a high-octane affair suffused with the energy of an artist rapidly getting up to speed and reinventing drawing as he goes.

These are cooler than other deep-sea vents, rich in organic compounds, and suffused by methane.

And when the day is done, the valley's shops, inns and restaurants are suffused with the aura of the horsy life.

Where conventional politics is suffused with ideology, the digital world is obsessed with facts.

Black resistance suffused the sectional conflict from the start.

Industrial pollution has suffused their bodies with heavy metals and toxins.

It is meltingly tender and suffused with salty, smoky, peppery flavor.

It's suffused with pure emotion, but it's a receding internal burn.

Crowe gives a performance with ball-of-fire intensity, suffused with a movie star's impatience.

Conroy's overripe family saga is suffused with excess, from the author's descriptions of his characters.

Elk's marzipan is suffused with the luscious flavors and aroma of almond paste, all plump and soft.

Risotto of shrimp and radicchio was perfectly textured and suffused with a full-flavored fish stock.

In a medium suffused with earnestness, the act had a sardonic appeal:.

Her film is artfully unpredictable, suffused with physical warmth and a dreamlike, inviting glow.

Burford suffused his creations with sometimes muted shades but more often with glowing colors.

They are suffused with a mysterious sense of wonderment that is impossible to describe.

The case of his father's tapes is suffused with controversy over religious legitimacy, legal authority and intellectual property.

Although the movie stops short of outright tragedy, it is suffused with a grief born of rifts that may never be mended.

But in a workplace suffused with politics and deadlines and other people's demands, adults are not looking for more stimulation.

The conclusion is suffused with whitewashed radiance and the swell of an organ.

The campus yesterday was suffused with relief, a rare celebration of something that did not happen.

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"I fly in dreams, I know it is my privilege, I do not recall a single situation in dreams when I was unable to fly. To execute every sort of curve and angle with a light impulse, a flying mathematics—that is so distinct a happiness that it has permanently suffused my basic sense of happiness."

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