diffuse
diffuse is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
- 3.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. See Prolix.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- aeration
- aerial
- aerification
- aeriform
- aerodynamics
- aerostatics
- air
- airy
- alkali
- ammonia
- ammoniacal
- bald
- bladder
- bland
- careless
- childish
- cloud
- cold
- colorless
- dry
- dull
- effluvium
- elastic
- emit
- essence
- ether
- ethereal
- evanesce
- evaporable
- evaporate
- feeble
- feebleness
- fish
- flatulence
- flatulency
- flatulent
- flatus
- fluid
- frigid
- fume
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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