diffuse (v.) Copy link Outline 1. diffundo, fūdi, fūsum, 32. fundo, 33. (in pass. sense, to be d.d), permeo, 1 • diffuse (v.): 1. diffundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3: the blood is d.d by the veins into every part of the body, sanguis per venas in omne corpus diffunditur, Cic. 2. fundo, 3: v. to pour. 3. (in pass. sense, to be d.d), permeo, 1: v. to permeate. Join: permeare et transire, Cic. Phr.: the moisture is d.d, diffluit humor, Luc.: mind is d.d through the limbs and vivifies the mass, infusa per artus, mens agitat molem, Virg.: a divine influence is d.d over the whole world, vis quaedam divina toto confusa mundo est, Cic. (v. to blend): to d. the blessings of peace, bona pacis circumferre, Vell.: Plin.: to d. an odour, odorem fundere, Plin.; spargere odorem, Hor. (v. TO SPREAD ABROAD): to d. brightness, nitorem circumfundere, Quint.: vicious nobles d. their vices over a state, vitiosi principes vitia infundunt in civitatem, Cic.: the poison was d.d through all the limbs, venenum cunctos artus pervasit, Tac.: to be widely d.d, longe lateque fluere, Cic.