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suffuse

suf·fuse

suffuse

 
 
pronunciation:
s fyuz
features:
Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: suffuses, suffusing, suffused
definition: of a color, liquid, or the like, to spread throughout or across the surface of.
A blush suffused her cheeks.
synonyms:
imbue, permeate, transfuse
similar words:
bathe, charge, color, fill, infiltrate, infuse, overspread, pervade, saturate, steep
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derivations: suffusive (adj.), suffusedly (adv.), suffusion (n.)
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