diffusiveness

[Eng. diffusive; -ne . ] 1. The power or quality of diffusing; the state of 2. The state of being widely spread or extending; widene , extensivene . being diffused. "As may appear by the diffusivene of his learning." -Fuller: Worthies; Wilts hire. ( Horeman.) 3. Prolixity, copiousne , want of concisene , fullne . "The fault that I find with a modern legend is its dif . fusivene ."- Add is on : On Medals . di-flû-en, 8. [Pref. di = dis =away, apart, and Lat. fluo to flow.] dig, *deg-gen, *dig-gen, *dygge, *dyg-gyn (pa. t. * digged , dug ), v . t . & i. [A. S. dician to make a dike or ditch; dic =a dike or ditch; cogn. with Sw. dika =to dig a ditch; dike =a ditch; Dan. dige =(v.) to dig, (s.)=a ditch ( Skeat ).] [DIKE, DITCH.] IMG:content-2485.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To pierce with a sharp point or instrument. "A rav'nous vulture in his opened side, Her crooked beak and cruel talons tried: Still for the growing liver digged his breast." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid , vi. 808-10. 2. To push or thrust in violently. (1) To dig down: To cause to fall by undermining Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse, being retained longest in the Eolian dialect. It is con- sidered to have had the power of the English wor v, and is frequently represented in Latin by u ( v ) : thus, Gr. oikos ( goikos )=Lat. vic us , Eng. wick ; Gr. oinos ( goinos )=Lat. vinum , Eng. wine. "While, towering o'er your alphabet, like Saul, Stands our digamma , and o'ertops them all." Pope : Dunciad , iv. 217, 218. dig-a-mous, a . [Gr. digamos .] Pertaining to digamy. [DIGAMY.] IMG:content-2486.png:[blocks in formation] "Thy stomache shall digest the meate that thou puttest into it."- Tyndall : Works , p. 234. 2. Figuratively : (1) To arrange; to settle; to reduce to a system, method, or order. "We have cause to be glad, that matters are so well digested."-Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra, ii. 2. (2) To receive and arrange methodically in the mind; to prepare for mental nourishment or improvement. (3) To meditate, consider, or ruminate upon. "Whan they the mater ripely did digest." Chaucer: Test. of Creseide. (4) To put up with; to endure, to brook. "Go then- digest my me age as you may." Pope: Homer's Iliad, ix. 550. *(5) To condone, to pardon. "Your offensive rape by Tamburlaine Hath seemed to be digested long ago." Marlowe: 1 Tamburlaine, iii. 2. *(6) To comprehend, to understand. "How shall this bi on multitude digest The Senate's courtesy?" Shakesp.: Coriolanus, iii. 1. IMG:content-2487.png:[blocks in formation] With my two daughters' dower, digest this third." Shakesp.: Lear, i. 1. *(9) To mature or ripen. "Aromatic spices, rich wines, and well digested fruits." J. Taylor: Disc. on Friendship. *(10) To di olve and prepare for manure, as plants, . II. Technically : 1. Chem .: To soften and prepare by heat. [DI GESTER.] *2. Med .: To dispose to suppurate, as an ulcer or wound. 3. Physiol.: To concoct in the stomach by digestion. [DIGESTION, II. 4.] B. Intransitive: I. Ordinary Language. 1. To be concocted in the stomach; to undergo digestion; to be digested. "My labor brings me meat, Which best digests when it is sauc'd with sweat." 2. To be prepared by heat. Brome: To J. B. For the difference between to digest and to of Africa, and Chili. " Digest humours upward doon hem dre e." Lydgate: Minor Poems , p. 195.