Disperse

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To drive off or scatter in different directions: synonym: scatter.
  • intransitive verb. To strew or distribute widely.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to attenuate and disappear.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To separate (light) into spectral rays.
  • intransitive verb. To distribute (particles) evenly throughout a medium.
  • intransitive verb. To separate and move in different directions; scatter.
  • intransitive verb. To attenuate and vanish; dissipate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread.
  • transitive verb. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate.
  • intransitive verb. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish
  • intransitive verb. To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To scatter in different directions
  • verb. To break up and disappear; to dissipate
  • verb. To disseminate
  • verb. To separate rays of light etc. according to wavelength; to refract
  • verb. To distribute throughout
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. separate (light) into spectral rays
  • verb. cause to separate
  • verb. cause to become widely known
  • verb. distribute loosely
  • verb. to cause to separate and go in different directions
  • verb. move away from each other
  • Word Usage
    "They include Brenna Bell, an Oregon-based attorney with the National Lawyers Guild, who claims she was arrested while trying to obey police orders to disperse from a peaceful demonstration."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    convene  gather  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    separate  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Perse  adverse  averse  biodiverse  burse  
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