Definition of "circumfuse" []

• To pour or diffuse around; spread. (verb-transitive)
• To surround, as with liquid; suffuse. (verb-transitive)

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• "As to the last, she did not think Frank had money enough yet to "circumfuse," she said, in that way."
• "I almost think I could love him, whoever it be, on whom thou wouldst shed the rays that circumfuse thyself."
• "Farmers, he added, are also advised to circumfuse their farms with plastic sheets, a method known as total rat barrier system, one month before the regular planting."