sb. Obs. rare. [ad. L. suffītus, f. suffīt-, suffīre to fumigate, f. suf- = SUB- + *fīre (prob. related to fūmus smoke).] = SUFFIMENT.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., I. iii. III. 267. Suffites, perfumes, and suffumigations.
So † Suffite v., to fumigate; † Suffition [L. suffītio], fumigation, perfume.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Suffition, a purfume, a fumigation.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 215. I saw a waiting man … so suffited by a woman.
1753. Chambers’ Cycl., Suppl., Suffition, among the Romans, a kind of lustration, practised by persons who had attended a funeral; it was performed by walking over fire, and being sprinkled with water.
