Suffuse
21suffuse — [sə fju:z] verb (often be suffused with) gradually spread through or over. Derivatives suffusion noun Origin C16: from L. suffus , suffundere pour into …
22suffuse — v. a. Overspread, spread over, cover …
23suffuse — verb (T) especially literary if warmth, colour, liquid etc suffuses something or someone, it covers or spreads through them: The light of the setting sun suffused the clouds. suffusion noun (U) …
24suffuse — verb the room was suffused with soft, pink light Syn: permeate, spread over, spread throughout, cover, bathe, pervade, wash, saturate, imbue …
25suffuse — v overspread, cover, mantle; bathe, color, dye, tint, tincture; imbue, imbrue, permeate, infiltrate, transfuse, diffuse, infuse, steep, soak, saturate …
26suffuse — suf·fuse …
27suffuse — suf•fuse [[t]səˈfyuz[/t]] v. t. fused, fus•ing to overspread with or as if with a liquid, color, etc • Etymology: 1580–90; < L suffūsus, ptp. of suffundere. See suf , fuse II suf•fu′sion ʒən n. suf•fu′sive sɪv adj …
28suffuse — /səˈfjuz / (say suh fyoohz) verb (t) (suffused, suffusing) to overspread with or as with a liquid, colour, etc.: *The space around him was suffused with a luminous glow; it was like walking into a room of light. –joan d. vinge, 1985. {Latin… …
29suffuse — v.t.; usually spread from within; fill with fluid. ♦ suffusion, n. ♦ suffusive, a …
30suffuse — v.tr. 1 (of colour, moisture, etc.) spread from within to colour or moisten (a blush suffused her cheeks). 2 cover with colour etc. Derivatives: suffusion n. Etymology: L suffundere suffus (as SUB , fundere pour) …
