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Webster 1913 Edition


Suffusion

Suf-fu′sion

,
Noun.
[L.
suffusio
: cf. F.
suffusion
.]
1.
The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading.
To those that have the jaundice, or like
suffusion
of eyes, objects appear of that color.
Ray.
2.
That with which a thing is suffused.
3.
(Zool.)
A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds.

Webster 1828 Edition


Suffusion

SUFFU'SION

,
Noun.
[L. suffusio.]
1.
The act or operation of overspreading, as with a fluid or with a color.
2.
The state of being suffused or spread over.
To those that have the jaundice or like suffusion of eyes, objects appear of that color.
3.
That which is suffused or spread over.

Definition 2024


suffusion

suffusion

English

Noun

suffusion (countable and uncountable, plural suffusions)

  1. (countable) The act of pouring a liquid over something.
  2. (uncountable) The state of being wet.
  3. (uncountable) The state of becoming red on the surface.

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