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to suffuse
01
to spread through or over something until the entire area is saturated
Transitive: to suffuse a space
Examples
The golden light of dawn suffused the sky, casting a warm glow over the waking city.
02
to gradually fill something, typically with a quality or emotion
Transitive: to suffuse sb/sth | to suffuse sb/sth with a quality or emotion
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
suffuse
3rd person singular
suffuses
Present participle
suffusing
Past simple
suffused
Past participle
suffused
Examples
His kind words suffused her with a sense of comfort and reassurance.
Lexical Tree
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