/ səˈfjuːz; NAmE / verb
[ vn ] [ often passive ] suffuse sb/sth (with sth) ( literary ) ( especially of a colour, light or feeling ) to spread all over or through sb/sth :
Her face was suffused with colour.
Colour suffused her face.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: from Latin suffus- poured into, from sub- below, from below + fundere pour.