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Disperse

//dɪˈspɜːs// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Scattered or spread out.
"Australia itself is a very wide and very disperse country, where the distance problems significantly affect also the "internal" customer-supplier chains."

Verb

1
To scatter in different directions. intransitive, transitive
"The Jews are dispersed among all nations."
2
cause to separate wordnet
3
To break up and disappear; to dissipate. intransitive, transitive
4
cause to become widely known wordnet
5
To disseminate. intransitive, transitive

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6
distribute loosely wordnet
7
To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract. intransitive, transitive
8
separate (light) into spectral rays wordnet
9
To distribute throughout. intransitive, transitive
10
move away from each other wordnet
11
to cause to separate and go in different directions wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse.

Etymology 2

From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse.

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