suffuse /səˈfjuːz/verb 3adjective 1forms 5 verb3 •To spread through or over (something), especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.The entire room was suffused with a golden light. •(figurative) To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid.The warmth suffused his cold fingers. •To pour underneath. adjective1 •Suffused; diffuse.This limonite-colored mud is most often very suffuse and only faintly apparent. — 1912 formssuffused · suffusing · suffuses · more suffuse · most suffuse