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scattered


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scattered  \Scat"tered\,  a. 
  1.  Dispersed;  dissipated;  sprinkled,  or  loosely  spread. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  Irregular  in  position;  having  no  regular  order  as 
  scattered  leaves.  --  {Scat"tered*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Scat"tered*ness},  n. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scatter  \Scat"ter\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scattered};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Scattering}.]  [OE.  scateren  See  {Shatter}.] 
  1.  To  strew  about  to  sprinkle  around  to  throw  down  loosely; 
  to  deposit  or  place  here  and  there  esp.  in  an  open  or 
  sparse  order 
 
  And  some  are  scattered  all  the  floor  about 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  Why  should  my  muse  enlarge  on  Libyan  swains,  Their 
  scattered  cottages,  and  ample  plains?  --Dryden. 
 
  Teach  the  glad  hours  to  scatter,  as  they  fly,  Soft 
  quiet,  gentle  love,  and  endless  joy.  --Prior. 
 
  2.  To  cause  to  separate  in  different  directions;  to  reduce 
  from  a  close  or  compact  to  a  loose  or  broken  order  to 
  dissipate;  to  disperse. 
 
  Scatter  and  disperse  the  giddy  Goths.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Hence  to  frustrate,  disappoint,  and  overthrow;  as  to 
  scatter  hopes,  plans,  or  the  like 
 
  Syn:  To  disperse;  dissipate;  spread;  strew. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scattered 
  adj  1:  occurring  or  distributed  over  widely  spaced  and  irregular 
  intervals  in  time  or  space;  "scattered  showers"; 
  "scattered  villages" 
  2:  not  close  together  in  time;  "isolated  instances  of 
  rebellion";  "scattered  fire";  "a  stray  bullet  grazed  his 
  thigh"  [syn:  {isolated},  {stray}] 
  3:  being  distributed  here  and  there  without  order  "scattered 
  leaves  littered  the  sidewalk";  "don't  forget  to  pick  up 
  the  clothes  lying  strewn  all  over  the  floor"  [syn:  {strewn}] 
  4:  lacking  orderly  continuity;  "a  confused  set  of 
  instructions";  "a  confused  dream  about  the  end  of  the 
  world";  "disconnected  fragments  of  a  story";  "scattered 
  thoughts"  [syn:  {confused},  {disconnected},  {disjointed}, 
  {disordered},  {garbled},  {illogical},  {unconnected}] 




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