disperse.
To scatter in different directions.
Meaning & usage
To scatter in different directions.
The Jews are dispersed among all nations.
To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
To disseminate.
To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
To distribute throughout.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse.
Scattered or spread out.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse.
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