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Dispersed   /dɪspˈərst/   Listen
Dispersed

adjective
1.
Distributed or spread over a considerable extent.  Synonym: spread.  "Eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe"



Disperse

verb
(past & past part. dispersed; pres. part. dispersing)
1.
Distribute loosely.  Synonyms: dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle.
2.
To cause to separate and go in different directions.  Synonyms: break up, dispel, dissipate, scatter.
3.
Cause to separate.  Synonyms: break up, scatter.  "Disperse particles"
4.
Move away from each other.  Synonyms: dissipate, scatter, spread out.  "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"
5.
Separate (light) into spectral rays.
6.
Cause to become widely known.  Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread.  "Circulate a rumor" , "Broadcast the news"



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"Dispersed" Quotes from Famous Books



... sitting down, but standing or pacing about throughout the night, and if in this way I attained a momentary respite from self-consciousness, no sooner had I reached this enviable state of oblivion, than some internal sting of irritation as rapidly dispersed the whole fickle fabric of sleep; and as if the momentary trance—this fugitive beguilement of my wo—had been conceded by a demon's subtle malice only with the purpose of barbing the pang, by thus forcing it into a stronger relief through the insidious peace preceding it. It is a well ...
— Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers • Thomas De Quincey

... composed a division under command of Major-General Gustavus W. Smith, and were thus dispersed to their homes, to gather the corn and sorghum, then ripe and ready for ...
— Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete • U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan

... another moment. She rushed across the room, seized the bag, and laid it by her father's side. As a rule, the post-bag was quickly opened, and its small contents dispersed. These consisted of the local paper for the Squire, which was always put up with the letters, a circular or two, and, at long intervals, a letter for Mrs. O'Shanaghgan, and perhaps one from an absent friend for the Squire. No one was ...
— Light O' The Morning • L. T. Meade

... where 7 is neutral, values greater than 7 are considered alkaline, and values below 5.6 are considered acid precipitation; note - a pH of 2.4 (the acidity of vinegar) has been measured in rainfall in New England. aerosol - a collection of airborne particles dispersed in a gas, smoke, or fog. afforestation - converting a bare or agricultural space by planting trees and plants; reforestation involves replanting trees on areas that have been cut or destroyed by fire. asbestos - a ...
— The 2005 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... part of a poem in four cantos, dispersed, it is said, to avoid the researches of the police, in which the poet recounts in picturesque verse the glories and events of the Italian land and history through which he passes. A slender but potent cord ...
— Modern Italian Poets • W. D. Howells


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