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Disperse Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Disperse?
[v] cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
[v] cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [v] distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon." [v] move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"; [v] to cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example; "She waved her hand and scattered the crows." Synonyms | Synonyms for Disperse: break up | break up | broadcast | circularise | circularize | circulate | diffuse | dispel | disseminate | dissipate | distribute | dot | dust | pass around | propagate | scatter | scatter | scatter | spread | spread out | sprinkle Related Terms | Find terms related to Disperse: administer | atomize | be consumed | be gone | bend | bestrew | bias | branch | branch out | break into pieces | break to pieces | break up | broadcast | cease | cease to be | cease to exist | circulate | circumfuse | crash | crook | crunch | crush | curve | cut to pieces | deactivate | deal | deal out | debrief | deflect | dematerialize | demob | demobilize | demolish | depart | deploy | detach | deviate | die | die away | die out | diffract | diffuse | disappear | disband | disburse | discharge | disintegrate | disjoin | dismiss | disorganize | dispel | dispense | dispose | dispread | disrupt | disseminate | dissipate | dissolve | distort | distribute | diverge | divert | divide | divvy | do a fade-out | dogleg | dole | dole out | dwindle | ease | ease off | emanate | erode | evanesce | evaporate | exit | expand | extend | fade | fade away | fade out | fan | fan out | fission | flare | flee | fly | fragment | free | give out | go | go away | go separate ways | grind | hairpin | hide | issue | leave no trace | leave the scene | let go | let up | loose | loosen | make mincemeat of | measure out | melt | melt away | mete | mete out | mince | muster out | open | open up | outspread | outstretch | overgrow | overrun | overscatter | oversow | overspread | parcel out | part | part company | partition | pass | pass around | pass away | pass out | pay out | perish | portion out | propagate | publish | pull | pulverize | radiate | ramify | ray | refract | relax | release | retail | retire from sight | rout | scatter | send away | send off | separate | shatter | shiver | sink | sink away | skew | slack | slack off | slacken | smash | smash up | sow | sow broadcast | splay | splinter | split up | spoon out | spraddle | sprangle | sprawl | spread | spread like wildfire | spread out | squash | squish | strew | suffer an eclipse | turn | twist | unfold | unglue | unleash | unstick | utter | vanish | vanish from sight | warp | waste | waste away | wear away | widen | zigzag See Also | aerosolise | aerosolise | aerosolize | aerosolize | air | backscatter | bare | bespangle | break | carry | change integrity | disband | discharge | divide | generalise | generalize | go around | part | plash | popularise | popularize | publicise | publicize | run | separate | sough | sow | spatter | splash | splatter | split | splosh | spray | swash | volley | vulgarise | vulgarize Disperse In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispersed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dispersing}.] [L. dispersus, p. p. of dispergere to
strew, scatter. See {Sparse}.]
1. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to
distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are
dispersed among all nations.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. --Prov. xv.
7.
Two lions, in the still, dark night, A herd of
beeves disperse. --Cowper.
2. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to
disperse vapors.
Dispersed are the glories. --Shak.
Syn: To scatter; dissipate; dispel; spread; diffuse;
distribute; deal out; disseminate.
\Dis*perse"\, v. i. 1. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse. 2. To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor. --Ps. cxii. 9. |
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