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suffusive

[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

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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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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