diffuse

[Dif*fuse·]

Diffuse means to spread out. Candlelight can diffuse a soft glow throughout a room. A diffuse idea is one that spreads from person to person, and a diffuse speech is scattered and unclear.

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To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information.

Verb
cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

Verb
spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"

Verb
move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

Adjective S.
spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse organization"

Adjective S.
lacking conciseness; "a diffuse historical novel"

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v. t.
To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information.

v. i.
To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.

a.
Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer.

Diffuse

Dif*fuse" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diffused ; p. pr. & vb. n. Diffusing.] [L. diffusus, p. p. of diffundere to pour out, to diffuse; dif- = dis- + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.] To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information.

Thence diffuse His good to worlds and ages infinite.

We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations.

Syn. -- To expand; spread; circulate; extend; scatter; disperse; publish; proclaim.

Diffuse

Dif*fuse", v. i. To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.

Diffuse

Dif*fuse" , a. [L. diffusus, p. p.] Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer.

A diffuse and various knowledge of divine and human things.

Syn. -- Prolix; verbose; wide; copious; full. See Prolix.

To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information.

To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.

Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer.

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