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[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English, from Latin diffusus, from diffundere (dis- + fundere)

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Infinitive
to diffuse

Third person singular
diffuses

Simple past
diffused

Past participle
diffused

Present participle
diffusing

to diffuse (third-person singular simple present diffuses, present participle diffusing, simple past and past participle diffused)

  1. (transitive) To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
  2. (intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
    Food coloring diffuses in water.
    The riot diffused quite suddenly.
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Latin diffusus

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    • AHD: dĭfyo͞os'
    • IPA: /dɪˈfjuːs/ (UK), /dɪˈfjus/ (US)
    • SAMPA: /dIˈfju:s/ (UK), /dIˈfjus/ (US)
  •  Audio (US)help, file
  • Rhymes: -uːz

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diffuse (comparative more diffuse, superlative most diffuse)

Positive
diffuse

Comparative
more diffuse

Superlative
most diffuse

  1. Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.
    Such a diffuse effort is unlikely to produce good results.
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diffuse

  1. first-person singular present indicative of diffuser.
  2. third-person singular present indicative of diffuser.
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of diffuser.
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of diffuser.
  5. second-person singular imperative of diffuser.

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diffuse

  1. feminine form of diffus.

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diffuse

  1. third-person singular past historic of diffondere.

diffuse f. pl.

  1. feminine plural form of diffuso

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diffuse f. pl.

  1. feminine plural form of diffuso

[edit] Latin

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From diffūsus (scattered, spread)

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diffūsē (comparative diffūsius, superlative diffūsissimē)

  1. diffusely, in a scattered manner.
  2. copiously, fully

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  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)