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disperse

[ dih-spurs ]

verb (used with object)

dispersed, dispersing.
  1. to drive or send off in various directions; scatter:

    to disperse a crowd.

    Antonyms: ,

  2. to spread widely; disseminate:

    to disperse knowledge.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. to dispel; cause to vanish:

    The wind dispersed the fog.

  4. Physical Chemistry. to cause (particles) to separate uniformly throughout a solid, liquid, or gas.
  5. Optics. to subject (light) to dispersion.


verb (used without object)

dispersed, dispersing.
  1. to separate and move apart in different directions without order or regularity; become scattered:

    The crowd dispersed.

  2. to be dispelled; be scattered out of sight; vanish:

    The smoke dispersed into the sky.

    Synonyms: ,

adjective

  1. Physical Chemistry. noting the dispersed particles in a dispersion.

disperse

/ dɪˈspɜːsɪdlɪ; dɪˈspɜːs /

verb

  1. to scatter; distribute over a wide area
  2. to dissipate or cause to dissipate
  3. to leave or cause to leave a gathering, often in a random manner
  4. to separate or be separated by dispersion
  5. tr to diffuse or spread (news, information, etc)
  6. to separate (particles) throughout a solid, liquid, or gas, as in the formation of a suspension or colloid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or consisting of the particles in a colloid or suspension

    disperse phase

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 徱ˈ, noun
  • dispersedly, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 徱·Ļ· [dih-, spur, -sid-lee], adverb
  • 徱·İ noun
  • 徱·i·i·ٲ noun
  • 徱·i· adjective
  • d· verb (used with object) predispersed predispersing
  • d· verb redispersed redispersing
  • ܲd· adjective
  • ܲd·iԲ adjective
  • ɱ-徱· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of disperse1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English dispersen, disparsen (from Middle French disperser, ) from Latin dispersus (past participle of dispergere ), equivalent to di- di- 2 + -sper(g)- “scatter” (stem of -spergere, combining form of spargere “to scatter, strew”) + -sus past participle suffix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of disperse1

C14: from Latin 徱ŧܲ scattered, from dispergere to scatter widely, from di- ² + spargere to strew
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Synonym Study

See scatter.
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Numerous videos were shared on social media throughout the day and in one, police can be seen using teargas to disperse a crowd gathered at the President Robert Mugabe Square in Harare.

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Last May, a grand jury indicted Wiederhorn on charges that he hid taxable income from the federal government by dispersing “shareholder loans” from the company to himself and his family.

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“The irony is this notion that the dust is going to be mitigated and it won’t travel and disperse,” Gund, 52, said as a westerly breeze picked up.

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According to the statement, IDF and Israel police responded to “disperse the confrontation” and the people it described as “terrorists” started hurling rocks their way.

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Masked Hamas militants, some armed with guns and others carrying batons, intervened and forcibly dispersed the protesters, assaulting several of them.

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