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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /səˈfjuːz/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-suffuse.ogg

Verb

To spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to perfuse.
: The entire room was suffused with a golden light.
In the Context of To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid.
: The warmth suffused his cold fingers.

Usage notes

The verb is often used in the passive voice.

Synonyms

diffuse

Derived terms

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Italian

Verb

{{form of|third-person|Third-person singular past historic|suffondere#Italian|suffondere|lang=Italian}}

Noun

suffuse

{{plural of|suffondere#Italian|suffuso|lang=Italian}}

Category:Italian past participle forms

fr:suffuse io:suffuse fi:suffuse te:suffuse vi:suffuse

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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 something fluid; as, eyes suffused with tears; cheeks
suffused with blushes.
[1913 Webster]

When purple light shall next suffuse the skies. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet suffuse
v 1: cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across;
"The sky was suffused with a warm pink color" [syn: perfuse]
2: to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of
light; "His whole frame suffused with a cold dew"

Moby Dictionary
bathe , bespread , besprinkle , breathe , brew , color , cover ,
crawl with , creep with , decoct , diffuse , dredge , dye , entincture ,
extend throughout , fill , flavor , flood , flush , honeycomb , imbrue ,
imbue , impregnate , infiltrate , infuse , ingrain , inoculate , instill ,
interject , interpose , introduce , invest , leave no void , leaven ,
mantle , occupy , overrun , overspread , overswarm , penetrate ,
permeate , pervade , pour over , run through , saturate , season ,
spread over , steep , swarm with , teem with , temper , tincture , tinge ,
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