DISPERSE, verb transitive dispers. [Latin , to scatter.] 1. To scatter; to drive asunder; to cause to separate into different parts; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations. 2. To diffuse; to spread. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. Proverbs 15:7. 3. To dissipate; as, the fog or the cloud is dispersed. 4. To distribute. DISPERSE, verb intransitive dispers. 1. To be scattered; to separate; to go or move into different parts; as, the company dispersed at ten oclock. 2. To be scattered; to vanish; as fog or vapors.
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