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English Dictionary: disperse	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for disperse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disperse v distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" Synonym(s): scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" Synonym(s): disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles" Synonym(s): break up, disperse, scatter move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"; Synonym(s): disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out separate (light) into spectral rays; "the prosm disperses light" cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" Synonym(s): circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disperse \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disperse \Disperse"\, 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.