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ause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information. Thence diffuse His good to worlds and ages infinite. Milton. We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations. Whewell.…

Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions; that may be diffused.

red crystalline nitrogenous substance or artificial production, which by reduction passes directly to indigo.

To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat.

termining the units of other physical quantities. Thus, since the unit of velocity varies directly as the unit of length and inversely as the unit of time, the dimensions of velocity are said to be length ÷ time; the dimensions of work are mass × (length)2 ÷ (time)2; the dimensions of density are mass ÷ (length)3. Dime…

dean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.

Definition; logical direction. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

e sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian.

Pertaining to the sending of two messages in the same direction at the same time. Diplex and contraplex are the two varieties of duplex.

Directing. Baxter.

Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon.

eir great pieces against the city. Knolles. Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect muscular actions. H. Spencer.

Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.

l out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott.

Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction. The execution leave to high disposal. Milton.

o; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object. Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes. Dryden. Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy. Bacon. To dispose…

One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower. Absolute lord and disposer of all things. Barrow.

ting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.

The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal; direction. Give up My estate to his disposure. Massinger.