To pour out or spread out in different directions; to scatter or distribute widely.
From Latin 'diffundere' (dis- + fundere, 'to pour'). The word combines the sense of spreading with the image of pouring or flowing outward from a source.
This is a rare but beautiful verb that perfectly captures the image of something spilling outward—medieval writers used it to describe how light spreads from a lamp or how knowledge spreads through a population.
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