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Thesaurus: suffuse

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.

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  1. v. t. 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.
  2. v. cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
  3. v. to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light
  4. 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.
  5. To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; to fill or cover,as with something fluid; as, eyes suffused with tears; cheekssuffused with blushes.When purple light shall next suffuse the skies. Pope.
  6. v:100 v. cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across v. to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light