"suffuse" meaning in English

See suffuse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: en [US, UK] Audio: en-us-suffuse.ogg [US] Forms: suffuse [canonical], suffuses [third-person, singular], suffused [past], suffused [past, participle], suffusing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|suffus|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If a colour, liquid, feeling, etc. suffuses something, it spreads through or over it.
    Sense id: simple-suffuse-en-verb-lAZqjJMj
  2. If something is suffused with a quality, it is filled with that quality.
    Sense id: simple-suffuse-en-verb-V2ppPt2K
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