Scattered; dispersed.
noun.
One who or that which disperses: as, a disperser of libels.
In optics, to refract by amounts which vary with the wave-length of the refracted ray; separate a composite beam of light, into its components, forming a spectrum. See dispersion, 3.
To scatter; separate and send off or drive in different directions; cause to separate in. different directions: as, to disperse a crowd.
To distribute; dispense.
To diffuse; spread.
To make known; publish.
To dissipate; cause to vanish: as, the fog is dispersed.
Synonyms and
Dispel, Scatter, etc. See dissipate.
To distribute, deal ont, disseminate, sow broadcast.
To separate and move apart in different directions without order or regularity; become scattered: as, the company dispersed at 10 o'clock.
To become diffused or spread; spread.
To vanish by diffusion; be scattered out of sight.