DIFFUSE (3)

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Dif‐fuse″ (?), a. [[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.