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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1501-1513, 1602
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Diffund, v. Also: deff-. [L. diffundere. Cf. Diffound.] tr. To diffuse. — 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. Prol. 68.
Diffundant grace on euerie creature 1513 Id. Æn. vi. xii. 8.
In euery part the hie wysdome dyvyne Diffundit movys this warldis hail engyne 1602 Colville Parænese 35.
To be Catholique is to be deffundit throuch the hoill vorld
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