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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
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
suffuse
3rd person singular
suffuses
Past simple
suffused
Past participle
suffused
Examples
His kind words suffused her with a sense of comfort and reassurance.
Lexical Tree
suffusion
suffusive
suffuse
