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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dispersed \Dis*persed"\, a. Scattered. -- {Dis*pers"ed*ly}, adv -- {Dis*pers"ed*ness}, n. {Dispersed harmony} (Mus.), harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disperse \Dis*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispersed}; p. pr & vb n. {Dispersing}.] [L. dispersus p. p. of dispergere to strew, scatter. See {Sparse}.] 1. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as the Jews are dispersed among all nations. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. --Prov. xv 7. Two lions, in the still dark night, A herd of beeves disperse. --Cowper. 2. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as to disperse vapors. Dispersed are the glories. --Shak. Syn: To scatter; dissipate; dispel; spread; diffuse; distribute; deal out disseminate. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dispersed adj : distributed or spread over a considerable extent; "has ties with many widely dispersed friends"; "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe" [syn: {spread}]
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