suffuse[verb]Synonyms: infuse, imbue, ingrain, inoculate, invest, leaven, steep
Related Words: interject,
interpose,
introduce [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
suf‧fuse /səˈfjuːz/
verb [transitive] literary[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of suffundere 'to pour beneath, suffuse', from sub- ( ⇒ sub-) + fundere 'to pour']
1. if warmth, colour, liquid etc suffuses something or someone, it covers or spreads through them:
The light of the setting sun suffused the clouds. Hot colour suffused her cheeks.2. be suffused with something if someone is suffused with a feeling, they are full of that feeling:
She was suffused with happiness. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲