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diffusing

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dif·fuse  (d-fyz)
v. dif·fused, dif·fus·ing, dif·fus·es
v.tr.
1. To pour out and cause to spread freely.
2. To spread about or scatter; disseminate.
3. To make less brilliant; soften.
v.intr.
1. To become widely dispersed; spread out.
2. Physics To undergo diffusion.
adj. (d-fys)
1. Widely spread or scattered; not concentrated.
2. Characterized by verbosity; wordy. See Synonyms at wordy.

[From Middle English, dispersed, from Anglo-Norman diffus, from Latin diffsus, past participle of diffundere, to spread : dis-, out, apart; see dis- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]

dif·fusely (-fysl) adv.
dif·fuseness (-fysns) n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.diffusing - spreading by diffusion
distributive - serving to distribute or allot or disperse


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SOME editors of newspapers were engaged in diffusing general intelligence and elevating the moral sentiment of the public.
Civil power, properly organized and exerted, is capable of diffusing its force to a very great extent; and can, in a manner, reproduce itself in every part of a great empire by a judicious arrangement of subordinate institutions.
There, Margaret, the sun is forever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and diffusing a perpetual splendour.
 
 
 
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