| circumfuse | (verb) spread something around something | - |
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| confuse | (verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Synonyms: blur, obnubilate, obscure |
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| (verb) mistake one thing for another | Synonyms: confound |
| (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
| (verb) assemble without order or sense | Synonyms: jumble, mix up |
| (verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: disconcert, flurry, put off |
| confused | (adjective) mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently | - |
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| (adjective) thrown into a state of disarray or confusion | Synonyms: broken, disordered, upset |
| (adjective) lacking orderly continuity | Synonyms: disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected |
| (adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | Synonyms: at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, lost, mazed, mixed-up |
| (adjective) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity | Synonyms: disoriented, lost |
| confusedly | (adverb) in a confused manner | - |
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| confusedness | (noun) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior | Synonyms: confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness |
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| defuse | (verb) remove the triggering device from | - |
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| diffuse | (adjective) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | Synonyms: diffused, soft |
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| (adjective) spread out; not concentrated in one place | - |
| (adjective) lacking conciseness | - |
| (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
| (verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle |
| (verb) move outward | Synonyms: fan out, spread, spread out |
| diffused | (adjective) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | Synonyms: diffuse, soft |
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| (adjective) (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material | - |
| diffusely | (adverb) in a diffuse manner | - |
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| diffuseness | (noun) the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume | - |
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| diffuser | (noun) optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly | Synonyms: diffusor |
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| (noun) baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | Synonyms: diffusor |
| effuse | (verb) give out or emit (also metaphorically) | - |
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| (verb) flow or spill forth | Synonyms: flow out |
| (verb) pour out liberally | Synonyms: pour out |
| fuse | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fusee, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming |
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| (noun) an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded | Synonyms: electrical fuse, safety fuse |
| (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, immix, meld, merge, mix |
| (verb) make liquid or plastic by heating | - |
| (verb) become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat | - |
| (verb) equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse | - |
| fused | (adjective) joined together into a whole | Synonyms: amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated |
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| fusee | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fuse, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming |
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| (noun) a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind | Synonyms: fuzee |
| (noun) a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains | Synonyms: fuzee |
| (noun) a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring | Synonyms: fusee drive |
| fuselage | (noun) the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo) | - |
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| infuse | (verb) introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes | - |
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| (verb) let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse | Synonyms: steep |
| (verb) fill, as with a certain quality | Synonyms: impregnate, instill, tincture |
| (verb) undergo the process of infusion | - |
| (verb) teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions | Synonyms: inculcate, instill |
| perfuse | (verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across | Synonyms: suffuse |
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| (verb) force a fluid through (a body part or tissue) | - |
| profuse | (adjective) produced or growing in extreme abundance | Synonyms: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, riotous |
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| profusely | (adverb) in an abundant manner | Synonyms: abundantly, copiously, extravagantly |
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| profuseness | (noun) the property of being extremely abundant | Synonyms: cornucopia, profusion, richness |
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| refuse | (noun) food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) | Synonyms: food waste, garbage, scraps |
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| (verb) show unwillingness towards | Synonyms: decline |
| (verb) not accept as true | Synonyms: decline, pass up, reject, turn down |
| (verb) refuse to let have | Synonyms: deny |
| (verb) refuse entrance or membership | Synonyms: reject, turn away, turn down |
| (verb) elude, especially in a baffling way | Synonyms: defy, resist |
| (verb) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ | Synonyms: reject, resist |
| suffuse | (verb) to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light | - |
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| (verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across | Synonyms: perfuse |
| transfuse | (verb) treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin | Synonyms: cup |
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| (verb) give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to | - |
| (verb) pour out of one vessel into another | - |
| (verb) impart gradually | Synonyms: instill |
| unconfused | (adjective) not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements | Synonyms: unbaffled |
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