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verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.
to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
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Disseminate
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is discredit. Does it mean:
| to injure the reputation of |
| to embarrass, or abash |
Example Sentences
- The goal of a university is to produce and disseminate knowledge.
- The university presses share the libraries' mission to disseminate scholarship.
- Both campaigns have raised about $1 million to disseminate their messages.
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Word Origin & History
disseminate
c.1600, from adj. disseminate "scattered widely" (early 15c.), from L. disseminatus, pp. of disseminare, from dis- "in every direction" + seminare "to plant, propagate," from semen (gen. seminis) "seed" (see semen). Related: Disseminated; disseminates; disseminating.
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