— dissemination , n. — disseminative , adj. — disseminator , n.
/di sem"euh nayt'/ , v.t., disseminated, disseminating .
to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
[ 1595-1605; disseminatus (ptp. of disseminare; dis- DIS- 1 + seminare to sow), equiv. to dis- + semin- (s. of semen seed) + -atus -ATE 1 ]