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diˈscatter, v. Obs. Also 4 deskater, 5 descater, 8 dis-scatter. [In ME. de-scater, f. F. de-, des- (de- 6, dis- 1) + scatter; the prefix being subsequently conformed to L. dis-, di-.] trans. To scatter abroad, disperse. Hence discattered ppl. a.
c1325Poem Times Edw. II, 315 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 337 Hit is so diskatered bothe hider and thidere. 1496Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) v. viii. 206 Woo be to the shepeherdes that thus descateren..the flocke. 1597Daniel Civ. Wars vi. lxxvi, The broken remnants of discattered [ed. 1717 dis-scattered] power. 1613–8Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 32 Petty revolts made by discattered troupes. 1635R. Brathwait Arcad. Pr. ii. 43, I begunne to recollect my discatered senses. |