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To disorder; to make shapeless. [Obs.] Shak.

See Deuce, Deuced.

To pour out and cause 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.…

Spread abroad; dispersed; loose; flowing; diffuse. It grew to be a widely diffused opinion. Hawthorne. -- Dif*fus"ed*ly, adv. -- Dif*fus"ed*ness, n.

In a diffuse manner.

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.

One who, or that which, diffuses.

to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right. To undeceive and disabuse the people. South. If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history. J. Adams.

To release from espousal or plighted faith. [Poetic] Milton.

To deprive of house or home. "Dishoused villagers." James White.

To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.

, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called because they are usually torpid in winter.

A cheap lodging house.

To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.

A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy. [Obs.] 2 Kings x. 27.

of a people and religious sect dwelling chiefly in the Lebanon mountains of Syria. The Druses separated from the Mohammedan Arabs in the 9th century. Their characteristic dogma is the unity of God. Am. Cyc.

Covered with a large number of minute crystals.

A demon or spirit. See Deuce.

A building in which dyeing is carried on.

Poured out freely; profuse. [Obs.] So should our joy be very effuse. Barrow.