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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Diffuse

/dĭfyo͞oz'/ · Dif·fuse · IPA /dɪˈfjuz/
01 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 circul…
imp. & p. p. Diffused; p. pr. & vb. n. Diffusing
  1. 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.
Syn. To expand; spread; circulate; extend; scatter; disperse; publish; proclaim.
02 v. i. To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
  1. 1.
    To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
03 a. Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style…
  1. 1.
    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.