figurative. To disseminate or spread; to endeavour to propagate or extend. In various contexts.

to overspread.

transitive. To exhale (something); to impart (something) by exhaling.

transitive. To send forth (an immaterial or abstract thing) in many or all directions; to spread among a large number of people; to disseminate.

transferred and figurative. To cause to ‘flow’ from one to another; to transmit; to diffuse into or through something; to cause to permeate; to…

To disseminate or diffuse; to spread or circulate.

transitive. To sow; chiefly figurative to promulgate or disseminate.

Figurative applications of 1. To extend the range or scope of. †Also, to spread, promote the diffusion of (a belief) (obsolete).

transitive. To spread from person to person, or from place to place; to disseminate or promote (a belief, idea, practice, etc.); to spread (lies…

To spread abroad or about; to diffuse, disseminate.

transitive. To sow or propagate; to disseminate.

figurative. To spread abroad, diffuse, promulgate (opinions, statements, knowledge, etc.).

To pour on or upon; to shed, diffuse. Obsolete.

transitive. Of a sensation, emotion, etc.: to come over, affect; to overspread. Obsolete.

To publish (a treatise); to circulate (a report); to disseminate (a disease); to set (a matter) on foot.

transitive. To put into general circulation.