suffuse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
    perfuse.
    • The sky was suffused with a warm pink color
  2. verb to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light
    • His whole frame suffused with a cold dew

WordNet

Suf*fuse" transitive verb
Etymology
L. suffusus, p.p. of suffundere to overspread; sub under + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Suffused ; present participle & verbal noun Suffusing
Definitions
  1. 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.
    When purple light shall next suffuse the skies. Pope.

Webster 1913