The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disperse \Dis*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispersed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispersing.] [L. dispersus, p. p. of dispergere to strew, scatter. See Sparse.]
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To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge.
--Prov. xv. 7.Two lions, in the still, dark night, A herd of beeves disperse.
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To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors.
Dispersed are the glories.
--Shak.Syn: To scatter; dissipate; dispel; spread; diffuse; distribute; deal out; disseminate.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of disperse English)
Usage examples of "dispersing".
Robotic defenders targeted the falling atomics, exploding them in the air and dispersing clouds of radioactive shrapnel.
He was told by his fellow officers that the screams of the crowd and the shrieks of the woman were due to the fact that General Ermolov, coming up to the crowd and learning that soldiers were dispersing among the shops while crowds of civilians blocked the bridge, had ordered two guns to be unlimbered and made a show of firing at the bridge.
The multiple perils that threatened were dispersing: Gorlot's perfidy, the Mil, and now Stannall was sick.
Rojer enthusiastically entered into dispersing disguised monitors to the material clustering about the three sphere ships which were in a construction level orbit about the planet.
The heat of the drink flowed through her, dispersing the sluggishness of her mind and easing her muscles.
The miracle of Impression had occurred and spread its anodyne, dispersing sorrow.
Several other harpers obediently moved against the tide of the dispersing crowd.
They followed behind the last of the crowd dispersing to enjoy the hospitality of Telgar Hold.
The current slowly pushed the scraps of wreckage downriver, dispersing them over a wide area.
But when Haltam accessed the suite, the infrared sweep found Mzu easily, spinning amid the thin cloud of dispersing debris which had been sucked into the wormhole with them.
There were contingency plans for dispersing the Navy institutions and forces around Avon’s moons and asteroid settlements.
The fog that was dispersing on the hill lay still more densely below, where they were descending.
Others drawn to the gathering turned about when they saw the crowd dispersing and then the courtyard was empty except for the occasional individual earnestly pursuing some errand with his eyes fixed firmly forwards.
Armed people were appearing in considerable numbers and though many were apparently just concerned about what was happening, at least as many again were following some well-ordered drill, dispersing themselves to what were obviously pre-arranged locations about the valley.
Reading matters more shrewdly than his erstwhile ally, Vintre, and also being sorely shaken by what had happened to him in front of the Gevethen’s mirror, the Commander had shed his uniform and quietly slipped away with the rapidly dispersing army.