suffuse

suffuse
suf|fuse [səˈfju:z] v [T] literary
[Date: 1500-1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of suffundere 'to pour beneath, suffuse', from sub- ( SUB-) + fundere 'to pour']
1.) if warmth, colour, liquid etc suffuses something or someone, it covers or spreads through them
The light of the setting sun suffused the clouds.
Hot colour suffused her cheeks.
2.) be suffused with sth
if someone is suffused with a feeling, they are full of that feeling
She was suffused with happiness.

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  • Suffuse — Suf*fuse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffusing}.] [L. suffusus, p. p. of suffundere to overspread; sub under + fundere to pour. See {Fuse} to melt.] To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; to fill or cover, as with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • suffuse — index penetrate, permeate, pervade, spread Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • suffuse — 1580s, from L. suffusus, pp. of suffundere (see SUFFUSION (Cf. suffusion)). Related: Suffused; suffusing …   Etymology dictionary

  • suffuse — *infuse, imbue, ingrain, inoculate, leaven Analogous words: *introduce, interpose, interject: impregnate, penetrate, pervade (see PERMEATE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • suffuse — ► VERB ▪ gradually spread through or over. DERIVATIVES suffusion noun. ORIGIN Latin suffundere pour into …   English terms dictionary

  • suffuse — [sə fyo͞oz′] vt. suffused, suffusing [< L suffusus, pp. of suffundere, to pour beneath, diffuse beneath or upon < sub , under + fundere, to pour: see FOUND3] to overspread so as to fill with a glow, color, fluid, etc.: said of light, a… …   English World dictionary

  • suffuse — UK [səˈfjuːz] / US [səˈfjuz] verb [transitive] Word forms suffuse : present tense I/you/we/they suffuse he/she/it suffuses present participle suffusing past tense suffused past participle suffused literary to spread over or through something A… …   English dictionary

  • suffuse — verb Suffuse is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑flush …   Collocations dictionary

  • suffuse — transitive verb (suffused; suffusing) Etymology: Latin suffusus, past participle of suffundere, literally, to pour beneath, from sub + fundere to pour more at found Date: 1590 to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light ; flush,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • suffuse — suffusedly /seuh fyoohzd lee, fyooh zid /, adv. suffusion /seuh fyooh zheuhn/, n. suffusive /seuh fyooh siv/, adj. /seuh fyoohz /, v.t., suffused, suffusing. to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc. [1580 90; < L suffusus (ptp. of… …   Universalium

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