Thesaurus: diffuse

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1. 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.
2. v. i. To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
3. 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.
4. adj. spread out; not concentrated in one place
5. adj. (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
6. adj. lacking conciseness
7. v. move outward
8. v. spread or diffuse through
9. v. cause to become widely known
10. 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. 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. A diffuse and various knowledge of divine and human things. Milton. Syn. -- Prolix; verbose; wide; copious; full. See Prolix.
11. To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flowon 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.
12. j:47/v:53 v. move outward s. spread out; not concentrated in one place s. lacking conciseness