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suffuse

suf·fuse

US/səˈfjuːz/ fairly common

verb

1.

cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across

  • “The sky was suffused with a warm pink color”
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2.

to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light

  • “His whole frame suffused with a cold dew”

Origin

From Latin suffundō.

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