circumfusion

Variant of circumfuse

transitive verb circumfused, circumfusing

  1. to pour or spread (a fluid) around; diffuse
  2. to surround (with a fluid); suffuse (in)

Origin: < L circumfusus, pp. of circumfundere < circum, around + fundere, to pour: see found

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