disperse

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   separate (light) into spectral rays

   the prosm disperses light

2. 2
   verb

   move away from each other

   The crowds dispersed

3. 3
   verb

   To scatter in different directions.

   The Jews are dispersed among all nations.

4. 4
   adj

   Scattered or spread out.

   Australia itself is a very wide and very disperse country, where the distance problems significantly affect also the "internal" customer-supplier chains.

5. 5
   verb

   cause to separate

6. 6
   verb

   cause to become widely known

7. 7
   verb

   distribute loosely

8. 8
   verb

   to cause to separate and go in different directions

Etymology

From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse.