Definition of Disperse

Disperse

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors.

To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.

To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.

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Disperse Quotations

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.
R. Buckminster Fuller

But we must not, if we are loyal, disperse our energies in a partisan warfare that is waged without regard to its consequences to the well being, security, or honor of the country.
Bainbridge Colby

They had certainly exasperated them, and could not disperse them, as after every charge - and some of these drove the people right against the shutters in the shops in the Strand - they returned again.
Walter Crane

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Disperse Translations

disperse in Dutch is uiteenjagen, uiteendrijven
disperse in French is dispersons, dispersez, dispersent
disperse in German is zerstreuen (Optik), zerstreuen, zerlegen
disperse in Norwegian is spre
disperse in Swedish is skingra

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