diffuse
verb (used with object)
to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
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In short, we have evidence here of the existence in Brittany of a well-diffused and well-developed body of chivalric legend gathered about the personality of Arthur.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston