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The process of permeating or infusing
Answer for the clue "The process of permeating or infusing ", 9 letters:
suffusion
Word definitions for suffusion in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance [syn: permeation , pervasion ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable English) The act of pouring a liquid over something. 2 (context uncountable English) The state of being wet. 3 (context uncountable English) The state of becoming red on the surface.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Latin suffusionem (nominative suffusio ) "a pouring over," noun of action from past participle stem of suffundere "pour upon, overspread, suffuse," from sub "under" (see sub- ) + fundere "to pour" (see found (v.2)).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Suffusion \Suf*fu"sion\, n. [L. suffusio: cf. F. suffusion.] 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. That with which ...
Usage examples of suffusion.
According to Crocker it begins in the second or third week of life, and occasionally as late as the fifth week, with diffuse and universal scaling, which may be branny or in laminae like pityriasis rubra, and either dry or with suffusion beneath the epidermis.
According to Crocker it begins in the second or third week of life, and occasionally as late as the fifth week, with diffuse and universal scaling, which may be branny or in laminae like pityriasis rubra, and either dry or with suffusion beneath the epidermis.
Against this soft suffusion of light the Library cupola assumed a Bramantesque grace, the white steeple of the congregational church became a campanile topped by a winged spirit, and the scant porticoes of the older halls the colonnades of classic temples.
There was a comforting agglomeration of colors, although not the usual spectrum of heat suffusions that came from, for example, a human.
I notice I have somehow mixed up two events, my visit with Rita to Briceland on our way to Carntrip, and our passing through Briceland again on our way back to New York, but such suffusions of swimming colors are not to be disdained by the artist in recollection.