suffuse

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: suf=fuse

CIDE DICTIONARY

suffuse, v. t. [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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

suffuse, v.tr.
1 (of colour, moisture, etc.) spread from within to colour or moisten (a blush suffused her cheeks).
2 cover with colour etc.

Derivative

suffusion n.

Etymology

L suffundere suffus- (as SUB-, fundere pour)

THESAURUS

suffuse

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, transfuse

ROGET THESAURUS

suffuse

Mixture

VB mix, join, combine, commix, immix, intermix, mix up with, mingle, commingle, intermingle, bemingle, shuffle, pound together, hash up, stir up, knead, brew, impregnate with, interlard, intertwine, interweave, associate with, miscegenate, be mixed, get among, be entangled with, instill, imbue, infuse, suffuse, transfuse, infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross, alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.