suffuse

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I could see Ruth's eyes glisten and her face suffuse, for though she read the faint irony in the tone, still she saw that the tale which Mrs. Falchion was evidently about to tell, must be to Galt Roscoe's credit.

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  1. transitive verb To spread through or over, as with liquid, color, or light: "The sky above the roof is suffused with deep colors” (Eugene O'Neill). See Synonyms at charge.

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  1. Latin suffundere, suffūs- : sub-, sub- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin suffusus, past participle of suffundere, pour below or underneath, or upon, overspread, from sub, under, + fundere, pour out, spread out: see fuse.
 

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