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suffuse

/səˈfjuːz/ verb

Latin root: suffundō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about suffuse at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across.
    The sky was suffused with a warm pink color
  2. To become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light.
    His whole frame suffused with a cold dew

Origin

From Latin suffundō.

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)