Dispersing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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              The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. --Prov. xv.
                                                    7.
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              Two lions, in the still, dark night,
              A herd of beeves disperse.            --Cowper.
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     2. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to
        disperse vapors.
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              Dispersed are the glories.            --Shak.
  
     Syn: To scatter; dissipate; dispel; spread; diffuse;
          distribute; deal out; disseminate.
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