v. t.
I first affused water upon the compressed beans. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. affusion. ] The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism.
n. [ L. bilis bile + fuscus dark. ] (Physiol.) A brownish green pigment found in human gallstones and in old bile. It is a derivative of bilirubin. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. circumfusus, p. p. of circumfundere to pour around; circum + fundere to pour. ] To pour round; to spread round. [ 1913 Webster ]
His army circumfused on either wing. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. circum- + L. fusilis fusil, a. ] Capable of being poured or spread round. “Circumfusile gold.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. circumfusio. ] The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of being spread round. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. See Confuse, a. ] Confused, disturbed. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Capability of being confused. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being confused. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of confundere. See Confound. ] Mixed; confounded. [ Obs. ] Baret. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
A universal hubbub wild
Of stunning sounds and voices all confused. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse
A life that leads melodious days. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Confused and sadly she at length replied. Pope.
adj.
adv. In a confused manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A state of confusion. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Confusedly; obscurely. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. [ F. confusion, L. confusio. ]
The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
Moody beggars starving for a time
Of pellmell havoc and confusion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Confusion dwelt in every face
And fear in every heart. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ruin seize thee, ruthless king,
Confusion on thy banners wait. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
Confusion of goods (Law),
a. Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Cf. Diffuse. ]
n.
n. (Chem.) Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Thence diffuse
His good to worlds and ages infinite. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations. Whewell.
v. i. To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. diffusus, p. p. ] Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to
A diffuse and various knowledge of divine and human things. Milton.
a. Spread abroad; dispersed; loose; flowing; diffuse. [ 1913 Webster ]
It grew to be a widely diffused opinion. Hawthorne.
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adv. In a diffuse manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being diffuse; especially, in writing, the use of a great or excessive number of word to express the meaning; copiousness; verbosity; prolixity. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, diffuses. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being diffusible; capability of being poured or spread out. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. Diffusibility. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. diffusio: cf. F. diffusion. ]
A diffusion of knowledge which has undermined superstition. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. diffusif. ] Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse. “A plentiful and diffusive perfume.” Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a diffusive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse; extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style: Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity. [ 1913 Webster ]
The fault that I find with a modern legend, it its diffusiveness. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a person who is stupid or inept; -- used contemptuously.
a. [ L. effusus, p. p. of effundere to pour out; ex + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt. ]
So should our joy be very effuse. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Effusion; loss. “Much effuse of blood.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
With gushing blood effused. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To emanate; to issue. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. effusio: cf. F. effusion. ]
To save the effusion of my people's blood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wash me with that precious effusion, and I shall be whiter than sow. Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]
The light effusions of a heedless boy. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Effusive rocks (Geol.),
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n. a friendly open trait of a talkative person; enthusiasm exhibited with little restraint.
‖n. [ F., the spindle tree; also, charcoal made from it. ] (Fine Arts)
n. [ F. fusarolle, fr. It. fusaruolo, fr. fuso spindle, shaft of a column. See Fusee a conical wheel. ] (Arch.) A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. fuscare, fuscatum, to make dark, fr. fuscus dark. ] A darkening; obscurity; obfuscation. [ R. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. fuscus dark-colored, tawny. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A brown, nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]