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dis·perse (dĭ-spûrś)

[Middle English dispersen, from Old French disperser, from Latin dispergere, dispers-, to disperse, dis-, apart; see dis–, + spargere, to scatter.]

verb: -persed, -pers·ing, -pers·es. 

transitive verb 

    1. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd.
    2. To strew or distribute widely: The airplane dispersed the leaflets over the city.
  2. To cause to vanish or disappear. See synonyms at scatter
  3. To disseminate (knowledge, for example).
  4. To separate (light) into spectral rays.
  5. To distribute (particles) evenly throughout a medium.

intransitive verb 

  1. To separate and move in different directions; scatter: The crowd dispersed once the concert ended.
  2. To break up and vanish; dissipate: The storm clouds had dispersed by noon.

derivatives

dis·perśed·ly
adverb
dis·perśer
noun
dis·perśi·ble
adjective