suffuse
pronunciation
How to pronounce suffuse in British English:
UK [səˈfjuːz]
How to pronounce suffuse in American English:
US [səˈfjuːz]
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- Verb:
- cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
- to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light
Word Origin
- suffuse (v.)
- 1580s, from Latin suffusus, past participle of suffundere "overspread, pour beneath, pour upon" (see suffusion). Related: Suffused; suffusing.
Example
- 1. This sensitivity tofeelshould suffuse the whole endeavor , from the foundational user experience work to the final ui .
- 2. But even clausewitz appeared to view war-by-algebra as a largely artificial construct , doubting that diplomacy and war could be rid of the passions that suffuse competition .
- 3. If he was unlucky , he might linger painfully for months while his lagging heart failed to suffuse his vital organs with sufficient oxygenated blood .