disperse

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 break up <
police dispersed the crowd
>
b. to cause to become spread widely c. to cause to evaporate or vanish <
sunlight dispersing the mist
>
2. to spread or distribute from a fixed or constant source: as a. archaic disseminate b. to subject (as light) to dispersion c. to distribute (as fine particles) more or less evenly throughout a medium intransitive verb 1. to break up in random fashion <
the crowd dispersed on request
>
2. a. to become dispersed b. dissipate, vanish <
the fog dispersed toward morning
>
Synonyms: see scatterdispersedly adverbdisperser noundispersible adjective

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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