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• Disperse — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• disperse — dispersedly /di sperr sid lee/, adv. disperser, n. dispersibility, n. dispersible, adj. /di sperrs /, v., dispersed, dispersing, adj. v.t. 1. to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd. 2. to spread widely; dissemin …   Universalium

• disperse — [c]/dəsˈpɜs / (say duhs pers) verb (dispersed, dispersing) –verb (t) 1. to scatter abroad; send or drive off in various directions. 2. to spread; diffuse: the wise disperse knowledge. 3. to dispel; cause to vanish: the fog is dispersed. 4.… …  

• disperse — verb (dispersed; dispersing) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergere to scatter, from dis + spargere to scatter more at spark Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to cause to …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• disperse — dis•perse [[t]dɪˈspɜrs[/t]] v. persed, pers•ing 1) to drive or send off in various directions; scatter 2) to spread widely; disseminate 3) to dispel; cause to vanish: The wind dispersed the fog[/ex] 4) chem. to cause (particles) to separate… …   From formal English to slang

• disperse — To dissipate, to cause disappearance of, to scatter, to dilute. * * * dis·perse dis pərs vb, dis·persed; dis·pers·ing vt to spread or distribute from a fixed or constant source: as a) to subject (as light) to dispersion b) to distribute (as fine… …   Medical dictionary

• disperse — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scatter, break up, separate, disband; see scatter 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at scatter . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. scatter, distribute, strew, disseminate, spread, broadcast, sow, circulate, diffuse, disband,… …   English dictionary for students

• disperse demonstrators — scatter protesters, disband people who are publicly demonstrating for a cause …   English contemporary dictionary

• disperse — v. 1 intr. & tr. go, send, drive, or distribute in different directions or over a wide area. 2 a intr. (of people at a meeting etc.) leave and go their various ways. b tr. cause to do this. 3 tr. send to or station at separate points. 4 tr. put… …   Useful english dictionary

• scatter — scat•ter [[t]ˈskæt ər[/t]] v. t. 1) to throw loosely about: to scatter seeds[/ex] 2) to cause to disperse: to scatter a crowd[/ex] 3) phs to diffuse or deflect (a wave or beam of radiation) by collision with particles of the medium it traverses… …   From formal English to slang

• dissolve — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin dissolvere, from dis + solvere to loosen more at solve Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to cause to disperse or disappear ; destroy < do not dissolve and deface the laws of charity Fran …   New Collegiate Dictionary