circumfused

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• circumfused — circumfusedˈ adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑circumfuse …   Useful english dictionary

• circumfused — adj. surrounded as if by a liquid, suffused …   English contemporary dictionary

• circumfuse — circumfusion /serr keuhm fyooh zheuhn/, n. /serr keuhm fyoohz /, v.t., circumfused, circumfusing. 1. to pour around; diffuse. 2. to surround as with a fluid; suffuse: An atmosphere of joy circumfused the celebration. [1590 1600; < L circumfusus… …   Universalium

• Ambient — Am bi*ent, a. [L. ambiens, p. pr. of ambire to go around; amb + ire to go.] Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing. Ambient air. Milton. Ambient clouds. Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Circumfuse — Cir cum*fuse , v. t. [L. circumfusus, p. p. of circumfundere to pour around; circum + fundere to pour.] To pour round; to spread round. [1913 Webster] His army circumfused on either wing. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ambient — am·bi·ent || æmbɪənt adj. surrounded on all sides; circumfused …   English contemporary dictionary

• circumfuse — /sɜkəmˈfjuz/ (say serkuhm fyoohz) verb (t) (circumfused, circumfusing) 1. to pour round; diffuse. 2. to surround as with a fluid; suffuse. {Latin circumfūsus, past participle, poured around} –circumfusion, noun …  

• circumfuse — [sʉr΄kəm fyo͞oz′] vt. circumfused, circumfusing [< L circumfusus, pp. of circumfundere < circum, around + fundere, to pour: see FOUND3] 1. to pour or spread (a fluid) around; diffuse 2. to surround (with a fluid); suffuse ( in) circumfusion …   English World dictionary

• circumfusion — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˈfyüzhən noun ( s) Etymology: Late Latin circumfusion , circumfusio, from Latin circumfusus + ion , io ion : the act of circumfusing or state of being circumfused the circumfusion of the smoke the circumfusion of the island by fog …   Useful english dictionary