'Suffuse' definitions:
Definition of 'suffuse'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color" [syn: suffuse, perfuse]
verb
To become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light; "His whole frame suffused with a cold dew"
Definition of 'Suffuse'
From: GCIDE
- Suffuse \Suf*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffused; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffusing.] [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. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suffuse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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