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dispel
English
Etymology
From Middle English dispelen, from Latin dispellere (“to disperse; to dispel”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: di?spel
- Rhymes: -?l
- IPA(key): [d??sp??]
Verb
dispel (third-person singular simple present dispels, present participle dispelling, simple past and past participle dispelled)
- (transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
- (transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
- It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. […]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
Usage notes
- Common nouns collocating with "dispel": cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions, objections.
Translations
Noun
dispel (plural dispels)
- An act or instance of dispelling.
- 2008, Caitlin Kittredge, Night Life
- “My dispel didn't work,” she said finally. “He wasn't a blood witch, Sunny,” I said.
- 2008, Caitlin Kittredge, Night Life
Related terms
- dispulsion
Anagrams
- Spidle, diples, disple, lisped, pleids, spiled
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diffuse
English
Etymology 1
From Middle French diffuser, from Latin diff?sus, past participle of diffundere, from dis- + fundere
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?fyo?oz'
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??fju?z/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??fjuz/
- Rhymes: -u?z
- Homophone: defuse
Verb
diffuse (third-person singular simple present diffuses, present participle diffusing, simple past and past participle diffused)
- (transitive) To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
- 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences
- We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations.
- 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences
- (intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
- Food coloring diffuses in water.
- The riot diffused quite suddenly.
Usage notes
The words diffuse and defuse are sometimes confused.
Synonyms
- forspread
Derived terms
- diffuser
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English *diffuse (attested in adverb diffuseli), from Latin diff?sus.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?fyo?os'
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??fju?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??fjus/
- Rhymes: -u?s
Adjective
diffuse (comparative more diffuse, superlative most diffuse)
- Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.
- Such a diffuse effort is unlikely to produce good results.
- Wordy; verbose.
Synonyms
- (not concentrated): spread out, thin; see also Thesaurus:diffuse
- (verbose): palaverous, prolix; see also Thesaurus:verbose
Derived terms
- diffusely
Translations
Related terms
- diffusion
References
- diffuse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Duffies
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.fyz/
Verb
diffuse
- inflection of diffuser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Adjective
diffuse
- feminine singular of diffus
German
Adjective
diffuse
- inflection of diffus:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uze
Verb
diffuse
- third-person singular past historic of diffondere
Participle
diffuse
- feminine plural of diffuso
Adjective
diffuse
- feminine plural of diffuso
Latin
Etymology
From diff?sus (“scattered, spread”)
Adverb
diff?s? (comparative diff?sius, superlative diff?sissim?)
- diffusely, in a scattered manner.
- copiously, fully
Related terms
- diff?sus
References
- diffuse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
diffuse
- definite singular of diffus
- plural of diffus
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
diffuse
- definite singular of diffus
- plural of diffus
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