- Pour out and spread - scatter thinly - Temper (an argument) - 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. - To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself. - 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.