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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SUFFUSE

From Latin suffūsus overspread with, from suffundere, from sub- + fundere to pour.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SUFFUSE

suffuse  [səˈfjuːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUFFUSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Suffuse is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb suffuse in English.

WHAT DOES SUFFUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Diffusion (disambiguation)

Diffusion is a time-dependent random process causing a spread in space. Diffusion may also refer to: In physical sciences ▪ Molecular diffusion, spontaneous dispersion of mass ▪ Conduction of heat ▪ Momentum diffusion ▪ Diffusion equation ▪ Heat equation ▪ Eddy diffusion In physical sciences, more specific or modified meanings ▪ Diffusion MRI, ▪ Diffusion, sound waves ▪ Atomic diffusion ▪ Brownian motion ▪ Collective diffusion ▪ Facilitated diffusion ▪ Effusion of a gas through small holes ▪ Gaseous diffusion ▪ Itō diffusion ▪ Knudsen diffusion of particles from very small containers ▪ Osmosis ▪ Photon diffusion, an optical effect ▪ Diffuse reflection, the reflection of light from an uneven or granular surface ▪ Reverse diffusion ▪ Rotational diffusion ▪ Self-diffusion ▪ Surface diffusion ▪ Thermodiffusion In the social sciences ▪ Diffusion of innovations within a society or a culture or between them...

Definition of suffuse in the English dictionary

The definition of suffuse in the dictionary is to spread or flood through or over.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SUFFUSE

PRESENT

Present
I suffuse
you suffuse
he/she/it suffuses
we suffuse
you suffuse
they suffuse
Present continuous
I am suffusing
you are suffusing
he/she/it is suffusing
we are suffusing
you are suffusing
they are suffusing
Present perfect
I have suffused
you have suffused
he/she/it has suffused
we have suffused
you have suffused
they have suffused
Present perfect continuous
I have been suffusing
you have been suffusing
he/she/it has been suffusing
we have been suffusing
you have been suffusing
they have been suffusing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I suffused
you suffused
he/she/it suffused
we suffused
you suffused
they suffused
Past continuous
I was suffusing
you were suffusing
he/she/it was suffusing
we were suffusing
you were suffusing
they were suffusing
Past perfect
I had suffused
you had suffused
he/she/it had suffused
we had suffused
you had suffused
they had suffused
Past perfect continuous
I had been suffusing
you had been suffusing
he/she/it had been suffusing
we had been suffusing
you had been suffusing
they had been suffusing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will suffuse
you will suffuse
he/she/it will suffuse
we will suffuse
you will suffuse
they will suffuse
Future continuous
I will be suffusing
you will be suffusing
he/she/it will be suffusing
we will be suffusing
you will be suffusing
they will be suffusing
Future perfect
I will have suffused
you will have suffused
he/she/it will have suffused
we will have suffused
you will have suffused
they will have suffused
Future perfect continuous
I will have been suffusing
you will have been suffusing
he/she/it will have been suffusing
we will have been suffusing
you will have been suffusing
they will have been suffusing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would suffuse
you would suffuse
he/she/it would suffuse
we would suffuse
you would suffuse
they would suffuse
Conditional continuous
I would be suffusing
you would be suffusing
he/she/it would be suffusing
we would be suffusing
you would be suffusing
they would be suffusing
Conditional perfect
I would have suffuse
you would have suffuse
he/she/it would have suffuse
we would have suffuse
you would have suffuse
they would have suffuse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been suffusing
you would have been suffusing
he/she/it would have been suffusing
we would have been suffusing
you would have been suffusing
they would have been suffusing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you suffuse
we let´s suffuse
you suffuse
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to suffuse
Past participle
suffused
Present Participle
suffusing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUFFUSE


abuse
əˈbjuːz
circumfuse
ˌsɜːkəmˈfjuːz
confuse
kənˈfjuːz
defuse
diːˈfjuːz
defuze
diːˈfjuːz
diffuse
dɪˈfjuːz
effuse
ɪˈfjuːz
fuse
fjuːz
fuze
fjuːz
Hughes
hjuːz
infuse
ɪnˈfjuːz
interdiffuse
ˌɪntədɪˈfjuːz
interfuse
ˌɪntəˈfjuːz
news
njuːz
perfuse
pəˈfjuːz
refuse
rɪˈfjuːz
reinfuse
ˌriːɪnˈfjuːz
superfuse
ˌsuːpəˈfjuːz
transfuse
trænsˈfjuːz
unconfuse
ˌʌnkənˈfjuːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUFFUSE

suffocating
suffocatingly
suffocation
suffocative
Suffolk
Suffolk punch
Suffr.
suffragan
suffraganship
suffrage
suffragette
suffragette movement
suffragettism
suffragism
suffragist
suffruticose
suffumigate
suffumigation
suffusion
suffusive

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUFFUSE

because
blow a fuse
cause
child abuse
excuse
Father of the House
house
masseuse
mouse
muse
pause
profuse
proximity fuse
safety fuse
short fuse
spouse
the House
time fuse
Toulouse
warehouse

Synonyms and antonyms of suffuse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SUFFUSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «suffuse» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of suffuse

Translation of «suffuse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUFFUSE

Find out the translation of suffuse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of suffuse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «suffuse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

弥漫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

suffuse
570 millions of speakers

English

suffuse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خضب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заливать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

suffuse
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্ষণ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pigmenter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tersekat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

durchfluten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

いっぱいにする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뒤덮는 다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Suffuse
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lan ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जखमेत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üzerine yayılmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cospargere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

suffuse
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заливати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

revărsa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απλώνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oor giet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

suffuse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

suffuse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of suffuse

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUFFUSE»

The term «suffuse» is regularly used and occupies the 94.113 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUFFUSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «suffuse» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «suffuse» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about suffuse

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUFFUSE»

Discover the use of suffuse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to suffuse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder
q As the soft light of dawn suffused the landscape, they could hear the loons crying over the lake. The odors of baking may suffuse a room, and so may the light of a sunset. Emotions may spread as well. A face may be summed (that is, filled, ...
Mary W. Cornog, 1993
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The Hidden Hand: Middle East Fears of Conspiracy
Examines the power of conspiracy theories in determining the political life of the Middle East, and examines conspiracism as a partial explanation for much of the region's problems
Daniel Pipes, 1998
3
Buddhist Meditation: An Anthology of Texts from the Pali Canon
There is the deliverance of mind by loving-kindness which suffuses the directions . In what ways does the deliverance of mind by loving-kindness suffuse undifferentiated objects? In what ways does it suffuse differentiated objects? In what ways ...
Sarah Shaw, 2006
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Phylogenetic Relationships Among Gerrhonotine Lizards: An ...
Body size very small; keels lacking; infralabials 11-12; suffuse dark pigmentation between dorsal crossbands; Nuevo Leon, Mexico Elgariaparva 22. Body size moderate to fairly large; keeling strong or reduced, but always present; infralabials ...
David A. Good, 1988
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Creativity and Common Sense: Essays in Honor of Paul Weiss
Is it that they do not suffuse one another but join only at a point which is a now, and that they otherwise hold themselves apart from one another? Were they to suffuse one another and be altogether in one another, would not an extended and ...
Thomas Krettek, 1987
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Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
... rough ground (see A£>m) A<J7°m saraggwata to be broken, uneven (ground, terrain) (see A<i7-£ and AC^T) w^m sarrata B to grow, sprout, put out leaves ( Geez) (see (160) (l£m sarrata to penetrate, seep into, spread (grease); to suffuse,  ...
Thomas Leiper Kane, 1990
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I Am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words ...
It is the particular responsibility of the Jew to suffuse history with holiness. This is not something that, done once, is done for all time. It must be done every day, for every day a Jew must choose anew the responsibility of holiness. To be holy is ...
Judea Pearl, Ruth Pearl, 2005
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Dictionary of St. Lucian Creole
... suffocation, n., sifokasion etoufman; suffocative, a., sifokan, etoufan. suffrage, n. , sifwaj, konsantman, vot-la; universal suffrage, sifwaj iniveseL suffuse, v., kouve epi; simen epe; her face was suffused with blushes, fldji-i vini wouj toubonnman;  ...
Jones E. Mondesir, Lawrence D. Carrington, 1992
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A History of Mindfulness
30 2nd jhāna: He makes the rapture and bliss born of samādhi drench, suffuse,fill ,andpervadethisbody,sothatthereisnopartofhiswhole body unpervaded by the rapture and bliss born of samādhi.Just as though there were a lake whose waters  ...
Bhikkhu Sujato
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A Walk with God
Then we can look up suffuse in the same dictionary, “suffuse-Flush to turn red in the face; to blush; to flow with a rush; to cause to blush or turn red; to animate with high spirits; to cleanse with a rush of water; a flow of water; a rush of blood to ...
Beverly Keene, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUFFUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term suffuse is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hollow wine is like growing grapes in valleys
... Sauvignon $15.95 (South Africa) Lavish blackberry, Moroccan leather and vanilla aromas with lush vanilla infused black cherry, plum and suffuse black fruits. «Waterloo Record, Jul 15»
2
AEI Expert: Iranians Think “Very Differently” From Us Because They …
And certainly Rubin isn't alone in this: varieties of his perspective suffuse the Wall Street Journal, Time, and pretty much every prestigious U.S. news outlet. «The Intercept - First Look Media, Jul 15»
3
New releases on disc
THE BLACK STALLION Wonder, awe, and the imaginativeness of a fairy tale suffuse this 1979 adaptation of Walter Farley's children's book. It's a simple story of ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
4
The Christian Case for Vaccinating Children
What these numbers reveal is that a state does not need to be especially wealthy or especially suffuse with high-quality healthcare access to protect children ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
5
Dark Galaxies Suffuse the Coma Cluster
Dark Galaxies Suffuse the Coma Cluster. By: Monica Young | June 23, 2015. Following on a surprising find reported last year, astronomers have now discovered ... «Sky & Telescope, Jun 15»
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Menemsha Picks Up North American Rights to 'To Life!' from Global …
It features renditions of Jewish music classics that have been re-recorded and newly interpreted for the film, and “suffuse the film with the palpable feel of a ... «Variety, Apr 15»
7
Stressing Youth, Marco Rubio Joins 2016 Field
Mr. Rubio seemed determined to suffuse the opening moments of his campaign with symbols of his youth. Rap from the artists Flo Rida and Will Smith ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
8
Should We Keep a Low Profile in Space?
... has yet offered decisive proof for life beyond Earth, in the past two years astronomers have learned that tens of billions of habitable planets suffuse our galaxy. «New York Times, Mar 15»
9
How A Complete Flop Became The Most Popular Play In America
At 44 years old, Cariani retains the youthful energy and enthusiasm that suffuse his play. He is thin and vaguely Muppet-like, with a long neck leading to a face ... «Fast Company, Mar 15»
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Braising adds interest to red cabbage
Bacon, onion, apple juice and apple cider vinegar create a balance of tastes that suffuse the cabbage as it turns into purple ribbons. «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb 15»

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