Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dispersing"

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.

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