v.
1. intr. & tr. go, send, drive, or distribute in different directions or over a wide area.
2 a intr. (of people at a meeting etc.) leave and go their various ways. b tr. cause to do this.
3 tr. send to or station at separate points.
4 tr. put in circulation; disseminate.
5 tr. Chem. distribute (small particles) uniformly in a medium.
6 tr. Physics divide (white light) into its coloured constituents.
Derivatives:
dispersable adj. dispersal n. disperser n. dispersible adj. dispersive adj.
Etymology: ME f. L dispergere dispers- (as DIS-, spargere scatter)