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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
suffuse
 
SYLLABICATION:suf·fuse
PRONUNCIATION:  s-fyz
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: suf·fused, suf·fus·ing, suf·fus·es
To spread through or over, as with liquid, color, or light: “The sky above the roof is suffused with deep colors” (Eugene O'Neill). See synonyms at charge.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin suffundere, suffs- : sub-, sub- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:suf·fusionNOUN
suf·fusive (-fysv, -zv) —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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