diffuse
verb (used with object)
to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
have diffused
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present perfectof diffuse.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I think that would have diffused it immediately.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2018
However, in one fell swoop, chemical and materials titan DuPont may have diffused an aggressive campaign run by hedge fund Trian Management and also impressed its shareholders.
From Forbes ● Feb. 5, 2015
I hope that you and your husband were able to talk about why this incident was so jarring and that he acknowledges a few words to his father could have diffused the cold-cut contretemps.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2013
These facts lead to the inference that the Celts must have diffused themselves, within a comparatively short interval of time, over all the regions of Europe of which the Romans found them in possession!
From Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race by Arthur James Johnes
An unlimited toleration, after sects have diffused themselves and are strongly rooted, is the only expedient which can allay their fervor, and make the civil union acquire a superiority above religious distinctions.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. by David Hume
