CIRCUMFUSE

circumfuse

(verb) spread something around something

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

circumfuse (third-person singular simple present circumfuses, present participle circumfusing, simple past and past participle circumfused)

To pour round; to spread round, as a fluid.

To spread round; to surround.

Source: Wiktionary


Cir`cum*fuse", v. t. Etym: [L. circumfusus, p. p. of circumfundere to pour around; circum + fundere to pour.]

Definition: To pour round; to spread round. His army circumfused on either wing. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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