Dispersal(n.) The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.
Disperse(v. i.) To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.
Disperse(v. i.) To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.
Disperse(v. t.) To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.
Disperse(v. t.) To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors.
Dispersed(a.) Scattered.
Dispersed(imp. & p. p.) of Disperse
Disperseness(n.) Dispersedness.
Disperser(n.) One that disperses.
Dispersing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disperse
Dispersion(n.) The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel.
Dispersion(n.) The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.
Dispersive(a.) Tending to disperse.
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