Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disperse"
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 \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disperse
v 1: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the
wagon." [syn: {scatter}, {sprinkle}, {dot}, {dust}]
2: to cause to separate and go in different directions, of
crowds, for example; "She waved her hand and scattered the
crows." [syn: {dissipate}, {dispel}, {break up}, {scatter}]
3: move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The
children scattered in all directions when the teacher
approached"; [syn: {dissipate}, {scatter}, {spread out}]
4: cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse
particles" [syn: {break up}, {scatter}]
5: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
"circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: {circulate},
{circularize}, {circularise}, {distribute}, {disseminate},
{propagate}, {broadcast}, {spread}, {diffuse}, {pass
around}]
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