WIDESPREAD, WIDE-SPREADING
ADJECTIVES
► BRIEF prevalent, widespread; esp. said of a communicable disease → 1722 Amer. dial.
► EFFUSE wide-spreading, overflowing, unrestrained, extravagant, marked by squandering → 1742 obs.
► FUSE diffuse, spread over a large area, widespread; scattered; widely separated or dispersed → 1724 obs.
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