circumfuse

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: cir=cum=fuse

CIDE DICTIONARY

circumfuse, v. t. [L. circumfusus, p. p. of circumfundere to pour around; circum + fundere to pour.].

 To pour round; to spread round.  [1913 Webster]
"His army circumfused on either wing."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

circumfuse, v.tr. pour round or about.

Etymology

CIRCUM- + L fundere fus- pour

ROGET THESAURUS

circumfuse

Dispersion

VB disperse, scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, bestrew, overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, dismember, distribute, apportion, blow off, let out, dispel, cast forth, draught off, strew, straw, strow, ted, spirtle, cast, sprinkle, issue, deal out, retail, utter, resperse, intersperse, set abroach, circumfuse, turn adrift, cast adrift, scatter to the winds, spread like wildfire, disperse themselves.