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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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thence diffuse
His good to worlds and ages infinite. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations. Whewell.

Syn. -- To expand; spread; circulate; extend; scatter; disperse; publish; proclaim. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A diffuse and various knowledge of divine and human things. Milton.

Syn. -- Prolix; verbose; wide; copious; full. See Prolix. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Spread abroad; dispersed; loose; flowing; diffuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

It grew to be a widely diffused opinion. Hawthorne.

-- Dif*fus"ed*ly adv. -- Dif*fus"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a diffuse manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being diffuse; especially, in writing, the use of a great or excessive number of word to express the meaning; copiousness; verbosity; prolixity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, diffuses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being diffusible; capability of being poured or spread out. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions; that may be diffused. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Capable of passing through animal membranes by osmosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Diffusibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. diffusio: cf. F. diffusion. ] 1. The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion. [ 1913 Webster ]

A diffusion of knowledge which has undermined superstition. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. Unlike absorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the blood ceases to circulate.

Syn. -- Extension; spread; propagation; circulation; expansion; dispersion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. diffusif. ] Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse. “A plentiful and diffusive perfume.” Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a diffusive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse; extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style: Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fault that I find with a modern legend, it its diffusiveness. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium. [ 1913 Webster ]