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verb (used with object)

to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.

to spread widely; disseminate: to disperse knowledge.

to dispel; cause to vanish: The wind dispersed the fog.

Physical Chemistry. to cause (particles) to separate uniformly throughout a solid, liquid, or gas.

Optics. to subject (light) to dispersion.

verb (used without object)

to separate and move apart in different directions without order or regularity; become scattered: The crowd dispersed.

to be dispelled; be scattered out of sight; vanish: The smoke dispersed into the sky.

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adjective

Physical Chemistry. noting the dispersed particles in a dispersion.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English dispersen, disparsen (< Middle French disperser) < 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

Related forms

dis·pers·ed·ly

[dih-spur-sid-lee] , adverb

dis·pers·er, noun

dis·pers·i·bil·i·ty, noun

dis·pers·i·ble, adjective

pre·dis·perse, verb (used with object), pre·dis·persed, pre·dis·pers·ing.

re·dis·perse, verb, re·dis·persed, re·dis·pers·ing.

un·dis·persed, adjective

un·dis·pers·ing, adjective

well-dis·persed, adjective

Can be confused: 1. disburse, disperse ; 2. disperse, disburse, dispose.

Synonyms
1. See scatter. 2. sow, broadcast. 7. disappear, evanesce.

Antonyms
1. combine, collect.

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disperse (dɪˈspɜːs)

—vb
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

—*adj*
7.	of or consisting of the particles in a colloid or suspension: disperse phase

[C14: from Latin dispērsus scattered, from dispergere to scatter widely, from di-² + spargere to strew]



dispersedly

—*adv*

dis'perser

—n

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disperse

mid-15c., from M.Fr. disperser "scatter," from L. dispersus, pp. of dispergere "to scatter," from dis- "apart, in every direction" + spargere "to scatter" (see sparse). The L. word is glossed in O.E. by tostregdan. Related: Dispersed; dispersing.

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disperse dis·perse (dĭ-spûrs')
v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es

To cause to separate and move in different directions; scatter.
To cause to vanish or disappear.

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