Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Diffused \Dif*fused"\, a.
   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.