1.
[syn: suffuse, perfuse]
2. to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light;
- Example: "His whole frame suffused with a cold dew"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Suffuse \Suf*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffused; p. pr. &
vb. n. Suffusing.] [L. suffusus, p. p. of suffundere to
overspread; sub under + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.]
To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; to fill or cover,
as with something fluid; as, eyes suffused with tears; cheeks
suffused with blushes.
[1913 Webster]
When purple light shall next suffuse the skies. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
suffuse
v 1: cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across;
"The sky was suffused with a warm pink color" [syn:
suffuse, perfuse]
2: to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of
light; "His whole frame suffused with a cold dew"