Disperse



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• v. 消散, 驱散
• ［英］ v. 消散, 驱散 ( cause sb / sth to go in different directions)
• ［类］ disperse : reconvene / dismiss : reinstate ( 解散后重新召集 / 解职后复职) 反义词: focus ( 聚集) ; aggregate ( 聚集)

Webster Collegiate

verb (dispersed; dispersing)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergere to scatter, from dis- + spargere to scatter — more at spark
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to cause to break up <police dispersed the crowd>
    • b. to cause to become spread widely
    • c. to cause to evaporate or vanish <sunlight dispersing the mist>
  • 2. to spread or distribute from a fixed or constant source: as
    • a. archaic disseminate
    • b. to subject (as light) to dispersion
    • c. to distribute (as fine particles) more or less evenly throughout a medium
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to break up in random fashion <the crowd dispersed on request>
  • 2.
    • a. to become dispersed
    • b. dissipate, vanish <the fog dispersed toward morning>
• Synonyms: see scatter
• ? dispersedly adverb
• ? disperser noun
• ? dispersible adjective

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