DISPERSE

verb (~d; dispersing) see: spark Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to cause to break up , to cause to become spread widely, to cause to evaporate or vanish , to spread or distribute from a fixed or constant source: as, disseminate , to subject (as light) to dispersion, to distribute (as fine particles) more or less evenly throughout a medium, intransitive verb to break up in random fashion , 2. to become ~d, dissipate , vanish , see: scatter ~dly adverb ~r noun dispersible adjective