Meaning of DIFFUSE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]di'fyoos, [v]di'fyooz, dif'yoos
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- [adj] spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse organization"
- [adj] lacking conciseness; "a diffuse historical novel"
- [v] cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
- [v] spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"
- [v] move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"
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| | Synonyms: | | broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, disperse, disseminate, distribute, distributed, fan out, imbue, interpenetrate, pass around, penetrate, permeate, pervade, prolix, propagate, spread, spread, spread out |
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| | See Also: | | air, bare, bleed, carry, creep, distribute, generalise, generalize, go around, grow over, mantle, percolate, perforate, popularise, popularize, publicise, publicize, run, run, sough, sow, spiritise, spiritize, vulgarise, vulgarize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
--Milton.
We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized
nations. --Whewell.
Syn: To expand; spread; circulate; extend; scatter; disperse;
publish; proclaim.
\Dif*fuse"\, v. i.
To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
\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. --Milton.
Syn: Prolix; verbose; wide; copious; full. See {Prolix}.
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