disperse Definition

disperse
verb, tr & intr dispersed, dispersing

1. To spread out over a wide area.

Thesaurus: scatter, distribute, strew, spread, disseminate, separate.
2. To break up, or make (a crowd) break up, and leave.
3. To vanish or make something vanish.

Thesaurus: dispel, dissolve, evanesce, disappear.
4. physics.
Said of white light: to break up into the colours of the spectrum.
5. physics.
Said of particles: to become evenly distributed thoughout a liquid or gas.

Derivative: dispersal
noun

Derivative: dispersion
noun

Etymology: 15c: from Latin dispergere, dispersum to scatter widely.