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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Diffuse \Dif*fuse"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Diffuse \Dif*fuse"\, verb (used without an object) To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Diffuse \Dif*fuse"\, adjective [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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
diffuse
adjective
1: spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse organization"
2: lacking conciseness; "a diffuse historical novel"
verb
1: move outward; "The soldiers fanned out" [syn: {spread}, {spread out}, {fan out}]
2: spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building" [syn: {permeate}, {pervade}, {penetrate}, {interpenetrate}, {imbue}]
3: cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: {circulate}, {circularize}, {circularise}, {distribute}, {disseminate}, {propagate}, {broadcast}, {spread}, {disperse}, {pass around}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
289 Moby Thesaurus words for "diffuse": abounding, abundant, affluent, all-sufficing, ambagious, ample, aplenty, assign, atomize, bend, bespread, bestrew, bias, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, broad, broadcast, carry over, casual, circuitous, circulate, circumfuse, circumlocutory, communicate, consign, copious, crash, crawl with, creep with, crook, crunch, crush, curve, cut to pieces, deal out, deflect, deflected, deflective, deliver, demolish, deport, desultory, deviate, diffract, diffracted, diffractive, diffuse, diffused, diffusive, digressive, discrete, discursive, disjoin, dispel, dispense, disperse, dispersed, dispread, disrupt, disseminate, disseminated, dissipate, dissipated, distort, distorted, distribute, distributed, diverge, divert, dogleg, ease, ease off, effuse, effusive, emanate, epidemic, exhaustless, expand, expel, export, extend, extend throughout, extended, extensive, extradite, extravagant, exuberant, fan out, far-embracing, far-extending, far-flung, far-flying, far-going, far-ranging, far-reaching, fat, fecund, fertile, fill, fission, flectional, flexed, flush, formless, fragment, free, full, galore, generous, grind, gushing, gushy, hairpin, hand forward, hand on, hand over, honeycomb, imbue, impart, import, in plenty, in quantity, indiscriminate, inexhaustible, inflective, infuse, interlard, intersow, intersperse, intersprinkle, issue, large-scale, lasting, lavish, lax, leave no void, leaven, lengthy, let go, let up, liberal, long, long-drawn-out, long-winded, loose, loosen, loquacious, luxuriant, make mincemeat of, make over, many, maximal, meandering, metastasize, metathesize, mince, much, numerous, occupy, opulent, overflowing, overrun, overscatter, oversow, overspread, overswarm, pass, pass on, pass over, pass the buck, penetrate, perfuse, periphrastic, permeate, pervade, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, pleonastic, prevailing, prevalent, prodigal, productive, profuse, profusive, prolific, prolix, prolonged, propagate, protracted, publish, pull, pulverize, radiate, rambling, rampant, random, ray, redundant, refract, refracted, refractile, refractive, refrangible, reiterative, relax, relay, repetitive, replete, retail, rich, rife, riotous, roundabout, run through, running over, scatter, scattered, shatter, shiver, skew, skewed, slack, slack off, slacken, smash, smash up, sow, sow broadcast, sparse, splay, splinter, sporadic, spread, spread out, squash, squish, straggling, straggly, strew, strewn, strown, suffuse, superabundant, swarm with, sweeping, switch, tautologous, teem with, teeming, transfer, transfer property, transfuse, translate, translocate, transmit, transplace, transplant, transpose, turn, turn over, twist, unglue, unleash, unstick, utter, verbose, warp, wealthy, well-found, well-furnished, well-provided, well-stocked, wholesale, wide, wide-extended, wide-extending, wide-ranging, wide-reaching, wide-stretching, widespread, windy, wordy, zigzag
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