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suffuse
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb suffuse has 2 senses
- suffuse(v = verb.change) perfuse - cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color" is one way to flush
- suffuse(v = verb.change) Array - to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light; "His whole frame suffused with a cold dew" is one way to change
Derived forms noun suffusion1, adjective suffusive1
Sample sentences:
They suffuse the cloth with water and alcohol
Water and alcohol suffuse the cloth
Derived forms noun suffusion1, adjective suffusive1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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."
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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.
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, transfuseROGET THESAURUS
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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.
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