disperse

Meanings

Verb

To scatter in different directions.
To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
To disseminate.
To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
To distribute throughout.

Adjective

Scattered or spread out.

Origin

From French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergere, from dis- + spargere; see sparse.

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