Sperse

//spɜː(ɹ)s// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
To disperse. obsolete
"On all which did against his course oppose, Into a cloud of dust spers'd in the air"

Synonyms

disperse sparse

Example

"On all which did against his course oppose, Into a cloud of dust spers'd in the air"

Etymology

Apheretic form of asperse, from Latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere.

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