suffuse

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): en or /səˈfjuːz/

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Verb

Plain form suffuse

Third-person singular suffuses

Past tense suffused

Past participle suffused

Present participle suffusing

1. (transitive) If a colour, liquid, feeling, etc. suffuses something, it spreads through or over it.

   The tower was suffused with a warm orange light coming from the post.

2. (transitive) If something is suffused with a quality, it is filled with that quality.

   The film is suffused with pain.