Hypertext Webster Gateway: "suffused"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Suffuse \Suf*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffused}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Suffusing}.] [L. suffusus, p. p. of suffundere to
overspread; sub under + fundere to pour. See {Fuse} to melt.]
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

suffused
adj : being spread through with or as with color or light or
liquid


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