suffuse
verb /səˈfjuːz/
/səˈfjuːz/
[often passive] (literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they suffuse | /səˈfjuːz/ /səˈfjuːz/ |
| he / she / it suffuses | /səˈfjuːzɪz/ /səˈfjuːzɪz/ |
| past simple suffused | /səˈfjuːzd/ /səˈfjuːzd/ |
| past participle suffused | /səˈfjuːzd/ /səˈfjuːzd/ |
| -ing form suffusing | /səˈfjuːzɪŋ/ /səˈfjuːzɪŋ/ |
- suffuse somebody/something (with something) (especially of a colour, light or feeling) to spread all over or through somebody/something
- Her face was suffused with colour.
- Colour suffused her face.
- The room was suffused with a soft golden light.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySuffuse is used with these nouns as the subject:- flush
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin suffus- ‘poured into’, from sub- ‘below, from below’ + fundere ‘pour’.