Meaning & use

circumfuse

verb·Advanced

To pour or spread something around an object, or to surround it as if with a liquid or light.

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The sunset seemed to circumfuse the valley in a warm golden light.

Mist circumfused the hills each morning until the sun burned it away.

A note on using this word

"Circumfuse" is a rare, literary verb, more common in poetry and older prose than in modern speech.

Words with a similar meaning

envelopsurround

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