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verb
- 1. gradually spread through or over: "her cheeks were suffused with colour"
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The meaning of SUFFUSE is to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush, fill. How to use suffuse in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Suffuse.
SUFFUSE definition: 1. to spread through or over something completely: 2. to spread through or over something…. Learn more.
If something, especially a colour or feeling, suffuses a person or thing, it gradually spreads over or through them. A dull red flush suffused Selby's face. [VERB noun] If something such as a book, film, or piece of music is suffused with a quality, it is full of that quality.
Suffuse definition: to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.. See examples of SUFFUSE used in a sentence.
1. To spread through or over, as with liquid or light: "The sky above the roof is suffused with deep colors" (Eugene O'Neill). 2. To fill thoroughly or permeate, as with a quality or emotion: music that is suffused with sadness. See Synonyms at imbue. [Latin suffundere, suffūs- : sub-, sub- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Indo-European roots .]
SUFFUSE meaning: 1. to spread through or over something completely: 2. to spread through or over something…. Learn more.
The verb suffuse means to spread and fill a space, like the way the smell of wildflowers might suffuse a meadow. Suffuse is a synonym for steep. Like tea whose flavor grows stronger the more it steeps, when you suffuse something it spreads throughout until an area is full, or even overly full.
suffuse somebody/something (with something) (especially of a colour, light or feeling) to spread all over or through somebody/something. Her face was suffused with colour. Colour suffused her face. The room was suffused with a soft golden light.
suffuse. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English suf‧fuse /səˈfjuːz/ verb [ transitive] literary 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 something → See Verb table ...
suffuse / səˈfjuːz / vb ( tr; usually passive ) to spread or flood through or over (something) Etymology: 16 th Century: from Latin suffūsus overspread with, from suffundere, from sub- + fundere to pour
