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rong aria-hidden='true'>: being at once verbose and ill-organized //a diffuse report
verb
dif·​fuse
di-ˈfyüz
dif​fused; dif​fus​ing

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • transitive ​verb
  • to pour out and permit or cause to spread freely //a drop of blue dye diffused in a glass of water
    extend, scatter //diffusing their ideas throughout the continent
    to spread thinly or wastefully //a government in which power is diffused
  • physics to subject to diffusion (see diffusion sense 3)
    especially to break up and distribute (incident light) by reflection //put up a screen to diffuse the light
  • intransitive ​verb