disperse
1dispersé — ⇒DISPERSÉ, ÉE, part. passé et adj. I. Part. passé de disperser. II. Emploi adj. A. Répandu ou jeté çà et là, au hasard. Des lambeaux, des débris, des fragments dispersés; des cendres dispersées; dispersé au vent, çà et là; rassemblé ou dispersé.… …
2Disperse — Dis*perse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispersed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispersing}.] [L. dispersus, p. p. of dispergere to strew, scatter. See {Sparse}.] 1. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews …
3Disperse — Genres Rock, Garage Rock Labels Route7Records Members Chelsey Pieratt Andy Higham Nic Higham Chris Billings Dustin Sanders …
4dispersé — dispersé, ée (di sper sé, sée) part. passé. 1° Jeté, poussé çà et là. • D un frère dans la mer les membres dispersés, CORN. Médée, I, 4. • C est une mère ravie à ses enfants dispersés Qui leur tend de l autre vie Ces bras qui les ont bercés …
5Disperse — Dis*perse , v. i. 1. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o clock; the clouds disperse. [1913 Webster] 2. To distribute wealth; to share one s abundance with others. [1913 Webster] He hath… …
6disperse — I (disseminate) verb administer, allocate, apportion, assign, bestow in shares, bestrew, cast forth, cast off, circulate, consign, convey, deal, deal out, dispense, dispose, distribute, divide, dole, dole out, give away, give out among a number,… …
7disperse — late 14c., from L. dispersus, pp. of dispergere to scatter, from dis apart, in every direction (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + spargere to scatter (see SPARSE (Cf. sparse)). The Latin word is glossed in O.E. by tostregdan. Related: Dispersed; …
8disperse — *scatter, dissipate, dispel Analogous words: *separate, part, divide: *dismiss, discharge Antonyms: assemble, congregate (persons): collect (things) Contrasted words: *summon, convoke, convene, muster, cite, call …
9disperse — [v] distribute; scatter banish, besprinkle, break up, broadcast, cast forth, circulate, deal, diffuse, disappear, disband, disburse, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, divvy*, dole out, eject, intersperse,… …
10disperse — ► VERB 1) go or distribute in different directions or over a wide area. 2) thin out and eventually disappear. 3) Physics divide (light) into constituents of different wavelengths. DERIVATIVES dispersal noun disperser noun dispersible adjective… …
