Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disseminate \Dis*sem"i*nate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Disseminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseminating.] [L. disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- + seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary.]
to spread around widely; to sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation.
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To spread or extend by dispersion.
A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth.
--Woodward.Syn: To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse; scatter.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from Latin disseminatus, past participle of disseminare "to spread abroad, disseminate," from dis- "in every direction" (see dis-) + seminare "to plant, propagate," from semen (genitive seminis) "seed" (see semen). Related: Disseminated; disseminates; disseminating. Middle English had dissemen "to scatter" (early 15c.).
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, and errors for growth and propagation, such as seed 2 (context intransitive English) To become scattered.
WordNet
v. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around]
Usage examples of "disseminate".
Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, leading to insufficient perfusion of vital organs?
The fact that it disseminated was because of her immunological problem.
The view held by Laplace was to the effect that not only our own solar system, but the centres of all the other similar systems, the fixed stars, were originally in this gaseous state, the material being disseminated throughout all parts of the heavenly realm, or at least in that portion of the universe of which we are permitted to know something.
After they were done, Pila would draft the final Operation Order that would be disseminated to the flight crews.
It was only too easy for the Inquisition to argue that the easiest way to root out heresy was to close down the presses that were disseminating these ideas.
FBI agents did create records of interviews and other investigative efforts, but there were no reports officers to condense the information into meaningful intelligence that could be retrieved and disseminated.
The chalk spirals that Jacobs left wherever he went, that had given him his name, continued to disseminate, gone viral.
It is enough that petitioners have prevented respondents from holding meetings and disseminating information whether for the organization of labor unions or for any other lawful purpose.
The attackers have to know when and where to disseminate the agent and to do it in a way that will actually allow it to have its maximum effect.
There was no question, however, that the Heralds had as much to do with creating the laws and government as they did in disseminating and dispensing it.
It may turn out to be convergence at its best, as librarians become computer savvy - and computer types create knowledge and disseminate it.
American Association of Physicians, Surgeons, and Osteopaths staged a press conference at which a videotape was shown to the press and then disseminated to all of the networks.
The dramatist who not only disseminated radicalism, but literally revolutionized the thoughtful Germans, is Gerhardt Hauptmann.
Professor James Russell Lowell and that would soon be disseminated to the masses by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Hollywood is an unsurpassed tool for disseminating propaganda, and the Commies are the subtlest, most cruelly intelligent foe America has ever faced.