dispersev.

/dɪˈspəːs/

Forms: Middle English dysparse, 1500s disparse, dispearse, 1600s dispearce, dispierce, 1500s– disperse.

Etymology: < French disperse-r (15th cent.), < dispers , < Latin dispersus , past participle of dispergĕre to scatter, < di- prefix¹, dis- prefix 1a + spargĕre to sprinkle, strew.

a. transitive. To cause to separate in different directions; to throw or drive about in all directions, to scatter; to rout.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > drive away in all directions

to-driveOE

to-dreveOE

to-skairc1175

scattera1300

skaila1300

disparplea1325

sheda1325

discatterc1330

to-scattera1382

sparple1382

to-rusha1387

to-sparplea1387

deperpeyla1400

rat1402

sever1412

to-ratc1440

disparklec1449

scarkle1450

sparklea1470

disperse1503

shudderc1540

sparse1549

dissipate?c1550

to wap sindry1563

squander1622

rout1641

to feeze about1689

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)]

to-shedc888

skairc1175

skaila1400

disparklec1449

scatter?c1450

spartlec1475

sprattlea1500

distribute?c1510

disperge1530

shudderc1540

crumble1547

pour1574

sperse1580

disject1581

spatter1582

distract1589

sparflec1600

esparse1625

fan1639

disperse1654

sparge1786

1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 34. Preamb. They were rencountered, vaynquesshed, dispersed.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 161 He hathe dysparsed the prowde in the wylle of thy harte... An hooste that ys dysparsed ys not myghty to fyghte, ryghte so the prowde fendes are dysparsed by the passyon of oure lorde Iesu cryste.

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 287 It must needes be Philip the Deacon, that was dispearsed with the rest, & came to Samaria.

1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 82 Such a Fire as cannot be extinguisht, is better to be dispersed.

1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 102 The Victors are so tryumphant, and the subdued Enemies so afflicted and dispierced.

1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 51 The precipitate..exposed to a certain degree of heat, is instantly dispersed into the air, with a most violent explosion.

1799 W. Wordsworth Lucy Gray vii Her feet disperse the powdery snow, That rises up like smoke.

1887 Spectator 16 Apr. 532/1 Reform meetings were dispersed by charges of Dragoons.

b. intransitive. To be driven or fly asunder.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away in all directions > be driven in all directions

to-flyc1000

to-drevea1225

sparplec1330

to-shedc1330

skaila1400

disparplec1400

scatterc1430

sparklec1440

shedc1485

disrout1525

disparkle1553

shattera1620

disperse1665

squander1823

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 33 These [Rupert's drops] dispersed every way so violently, that some of them pierced my skin.

a. transitive. To send off or cause to go in different directions; to send to, or station apart at, various points. spec. to scatter or station (ships, aircraft, etc.) at separate points in order to minimize losses from air attack. Also intransitive. Esp. in past participle: see dispersed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > space out

dispersea1535

stringc1650

space1712

to set out1812

to set off1850

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss > send away in various directions

skair?a1400

unhardlec1400

sprattlea1500

dispersea1535

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. sig. N.ii^v He taketh the whole people away, dispersyng them for slaues among many sundry countreyes.

1591 Hon. Actions E. Glemham Dispearsing sundrye Sentronels, for watche, farre from the Campe, diuers wayes.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. v. §9. 308 Those they saued and disperst [1634 dispierc't] them among the children of Israel to serue them.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 125 Made me range for Game, and disperse my Servants for Provant.

1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. i. 153 That a Portion of every thing may be dispersed throughout all.

1871 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce i. ii. 55 They are now dispersed throughout the museums of Europe.

1941 Manch. Guardian 24 Apr. 8/3 We took the decision to disperse plant over the countryside..and dispersal has been carried out on a very daring basis.

1944 Return to Attack (Army Board, N.Z.) 12/2 During the day vehicles were ‘dispersed’ 150 to 200 yards apart which meant that no attractive target was presented to enemy aircraft.

1948 Daily Tel. 9 Dec. 6 The fleet is well dispersed... The dropping of the ‘atomic bomb’ flash will provide a searching test of the ability of the fleet to disperse in the face of that all-powerful weapon.

b. reflexive. To spread in scattered order.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (reflexive)]

scatter1535

shed1589

dispersea1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) v. i. 45 Souldiers, I thanke you all: disperse your selues.

a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. x. 124 Locusts..shall disperse themselves over the Face of the whole earth.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 281 About twenty families..dispersed themselves in various parts of Pennsylvania.

1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field 286 These primitive Mongoloids..had dispersed themselves over America.

c. intransitive (for reflexive). To separate, go different ways.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away in all directions

to-fareOE

to-ferec1000

to-wendc1175

skaila1300

dissipate1660

dispersea1672

sperse1827

a1672 A. Wood Life (1891) I. 385 Sir Thomas..desired them to disperse, and not to accompany him.

1718 Free-thinker No. 68. 1 The gay Assemblies meet and disperse with the Parliament.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvi. 190 I gave orders to abandon the sledge, and disperse in search of foot-marks.

1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 217 The congregation is dispersing.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §4. 246 The mass of the insurgents dispersed quietly to their homes.

†3. transitive. To separate into parts; to part, divide, dispart. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)]

to-shedc888

to-dealeOE

dealc950

twemea1023

to-doOE

to-shiftc1122

brittenc1175

sunderc1230

depart1297

parta1300

twain15..

dividec1380

minisha1382

dressc1410

dissever1417

sever1435

quarterc1440

distinct1526

videc1540

disperse1548

several1570

separate1581

dirempt1587

distinguish1609

piecemeal1611

discrete1624

dispart1629

slit1645

parcel1652

canton1653

tripartite1653

split1707

carve1711

scind1869

1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxxix Thynkynge yt not..beneficiall to disparse and deuyde his greate armye into small branches.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lx. 33 The flieing ant..dispersth his nature, in two natures throwne..A creper with spiders, and a flier with flise.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. i. 2 Europe is of a more..manifolde shape, being in sundry places dispersed and restrained by the sea.

a. To distribute from a main source or centre.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (transitive)] > from a main source or centre

spread?c1225

disperse1555

radiate1786

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 326^v The veynes of bludde are disparsed in the bodies of lyuing beastes.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 361 Conduites whereby the water is brought thither and dispersed in all places thereof.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 161 In the Gate-vaine, which disperseth that bloud.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 5 Wings..with black thick ribs or fibers, dispers'd and branch'd through them.

b. To distribute, put into circulation (books, coins, articles of commerce); to give currency to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)]

britteneOE

to-dealeOE

dealOE

britOE

setc1275

dispensec1374

dispendc1375

to-seta1387

dispone1429

disposec1430

sparple1435

demean1439

distributea1464

distribue1477

issuec1484

communy1530

to deal out1535

impart1545

disperse1555

retail1576

digest1578

deliver1626

to hand out1648

to dispose of1676

dispensate1701

dole1701

to give out1710

sling1860

to give away1889

to pass out1926

dish1934

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. i. f. 51^v Which is nowe printed and dispersed throwghowte Christendome.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. i. f. 176^v The double ducades whiche yowre maiestie haue caused to bee coyned, and are disparsed throughowte the hole worlde.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. i. 54 The cloth whereof is dispersed along the coast of Africa.

1693 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 386 Wee of the Jurie doe find Charles Butler guiltie of dispersing bad monie.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xi. 136 A paper of questions that was..privately dispersed.

1838–9 Act 2 & 3 Vict. c. 12. §2 in Enactments Parl. conc. Univ. Oxf. & Cambr. (1869) 177 [Any] paper or book..meant to be published or dispersed.

†5. To make known abroad; to publish. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)]

sowc888

blowc1275

dispeple1297

to do abroadc1300

fame1303

publyc1350

defamea1382

publisha1382

open?1387

proclaima1393

slandera1400

spreada1400

abroachc1400

throwc1400

to give outa1425

promote?a1425

noisec1425

publicc1430

noisec1440

divulgea1464

to put outc1475

skail1487

to come out witha1500

bruit1525

bruita1529

to bear out1530

divulgate1530

promulgate1530

propale?1530

ventilate1530

provulgate1535

sparple1536

sparse1536

promulge1539

disperse1548

publicate1548

forthtell1549

hurly-burly?1550

propagate1554

to set abroada1555

utter1561

to set forth1567

blaze1570

evulgate1570

scatter1576

rear?1577

to carry about1585

pervulgate1586

celebrate?1596

propalate1598

vent1602

evulge1611

to give forth1611

impublic1628

ventilate1637

disseminate1643

expose1644

emit1650

to put about1664

to send abroad1681

to get abroad1688

to take out1697

advertise1710

forward1713

to set abouta1715

circulate1780

broadcast1829

vent1832

vulgate1851

debit1879

float1883

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xlix Your strength and vertue shalbe spred and dispersed through the whole world.

1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger To Rdr. sig. A3 By their owne diuulged and dispersed ignominie.

1624 B. Jonson Neptunes Triumph 7 The Poet entring on the Stage, to disperse the Argument, is cald to by the Master-Cooke.

a. To spread abroad or about; to diffuse, disseminate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (transitive)]

to-spreada1000

spread?c1225

sowc1350

to-scattera1382

diffund?a1425

dilate1430

disparklec1449

diffuse?a1475

provulgate1535

disperse1576

distract1600

disseminate1603

protracta1658

unroll1813

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (transitive)] > specific something immaterial

sowc888

forspreada1300

breathea1425

diffusea1425

transfusec1425

sparkle?1533

seminate1535

enlarge1553

propagate1554

disperse1576

proseminate1619

disseminate1643

infusea1672

overpass1679

to set abroad1688

vulgate1851

1576 A. Fleming tr. Seneca in Panoplie Epist. 308 If happly other diseases disperse their infecting properties.

1641 E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 37 The sicknes and small pox is very much dispersed in Westminster and London.

1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 4 To disperse the Heat so uniformly.

1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 10 A practice..thence dispersed into all parts of the Christian world.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. ii. 69 Complaints were now industriously raised and dispersed.

†b. reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > spread [verb (reflexive)]

disperse1599

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. i. 61 Let me haue A dram of poyson..As will disperse it selfe through all the veines.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 16 Water put into wine..or the like, does immediately..disperse it self all over them.

†c. intransitive (for reflexive). To extend, be diffused.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (intransitive)]

bredeOE

bespreadc1275

skaila1300

springc1390

shaila1400

spread1560

disperse1605

diffuse1655

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (intransitive)] > of immaterial things

aspringc1000

to-bredea1023

spread?c1225

rangec1450

disperse1605

disseminate1803

percolate1854

haemorrhage1935

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vii. 239 Th' Allmighties Care doth diuerselie dispearse O're all the parts of all this Vniuerse.

a. transitive. To dissipate; to remove, dispel, cause to disappear (vapours, humours, trouble, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > eradicate or extirpate > sin, fear, etc.

updrawc1290

fordo1340

extirp1483

roota1500

dissipate1532

extirpate1538

profligate1542

rout1559

disperse1563

rescind1579

resolve1580

overplough1596

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors ii. f. 24^v If the Exhalation [thunder]..doe not at the first disperse it [the cloud], it maketh a..fearefull romblyng.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. I4 All his manly powres it did disperse, As he were charmed with inchaunted rimes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 89 At length the sonne..Disperst those vapours that offended vs.

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World iv. 128 I said all that I could..to disperse the melancholy which was fixed in every countenance.

1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 342 When a tempest appeared brooding in the air, the tolling of the bell dispersed it.

1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 61 [The tumour] increased, notwithstanding applications that were employed to disperse it.

b. intransitive. To become dissipated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > be or become invisible [verb (intransitive)] > vanish or disappear

formeltc893

wendOE

witea1000

aworthc1000

fleec1200

fleetc1200

withdraw1297

vanish1303

voidc1374

unkithea1400

startc1405

disappearc1425

disparishc1425

to fall awayc1443

evanish?a1475

vade1495

sinka1500

vade1530

fly1535

fadea1538

melt?1567

dispear1600

relinquish1601

foist1603

dispersea1616

to vanish (melt, etc.) into thin aira1616

dissipate1626

retire1647

evaporate1713

merge1802

illude1820

to foam off1826

dislimn1833

furl1844

to step out1844

evanesce1855

shade1880

wisp1883

to go to the winds1884

walk1898

to do a disappearing act1913

to go west1916

to do (or take) a fade1949

to phase out1970

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 114 Glory is like a Circle in the Water, Which neuer ceaseth to enlarge it selfe, Till by broad spreading, it disperse to naught.

1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 100 At length the thick cloud of dust dispersed.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues viii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 52 Hardly..had the night's chill shadow dispersed.

8. transitive. Optics. Of a refractive medium: To open out or scatter (rays of light): see dispersion n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > refraction > refract [verb (transitive)] > scatter

disperse1654

scatter1833

1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 197 In a burning Glasse..that colour doth dispierce the light, and stands vntainted.]

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 220 The Rayes that dispersed will scarce warme, collected may burne.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 69 By reason of..its Globular Figure, the Rays that pass through it will be dispers'd.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 503 Concave lenses disperse the rays of light.

1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. vi. 211 Different media..disperse or open out the light to a greater or less extent.

Compounds

Chemistry. The verb-stem used attributively.

disperse phase n.

ΚΠ

1927 J. C. Crocker & F. Matthews Theoret. & Exper. Physical Chem. 273 Disperse phase, the discontinuous constituent of a colloidal solution corresponding to the solute in true solution. Disperse system, any colloidal solution. A two-phase system with greatly developed surfaces.

1934 S. C. Blacktin Dust vi. 136 Dusts..will here be regarded as belonging to that section of the colloidal state named aerosols, and consisting of solid disperse phase in gaseous dispersion medium.

1939 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) III. 292/1 In general the amount of solid substance dispersed or peptised varies with the amount of solid phase present, reaching a maximum for medium quantities. This relationship was termed..the..solid-phase rule, but..disperse-phase rule is a more suitable name.

disperse system n. (see quots.).

ΚΠ

1915disperse system [see dispersoid n. at Derivatives].

Derivatives

diˈspersoid n. = disperse system n. at Compounds.

ΚΠ

1915 E. W. Washburn Princ. Physical Chem. xxv. 361 If we imagine any phase within a given system to be gradually broken up into smaller and smaller particles, then as the size of these particles gradually decreases the surface of contact between this phase and its neighbors will correspondingly increase and the effects of forces of the nature of surface tension..will gradually become more apparent, and these surface forces will eventually begin to be an important factor in determining the fugacities of the molecular species composing the system. Whenever this situation exists to an appreciable extent..we have what is called a disperse system or a dispersoid.

1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) IX. 585/2 Condensed dispersoids and fine mechanical dispersoids generally tend to flocculate or agglomerate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	disperse
释义	† disperseadj. Forms: Also Middle English–1500s dispers. Etymology: < Old French dispers, -pars (in Godefroy), < Latin dispersus , past participle: see disperse v. Obsolete. Dispersed, scattered about. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] disperse1393 distract1398 scattereda1425 skailed1488 dispersed1526 dissipate1606 dissipated1610 straggled1641 disjected1647 respersed1649 disparpled1652 disseminated1662 shattered1687 sundered1796 decentralized1851 the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > spread or diffused > specifically of immaterial things disperse1393 seminate1575 dispread1642 profligated1700 vulgateda1861 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 177 Thus was dispers in sondry wise The misbeleve. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 185 They liven oute of goddes grace, Dispers in alle londes oute. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 346 in Shorter Poems (1967) 30 In that desert dispers in sondyr skattryt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). dispersev. /dɪˈspəːs/ Forms: Middle English dysparse, 1500s disparse, dispearse, 1600s dispearce, dispierce, 1500s– disperse. Etymology: < French disperse-r (15th cent.), < dispers , < Latin dispersus , past participle of dispergĕre to scatter, < di- prefix¹, dis- prefix 1a + spargĕre to sprinkle, strew. 1. a. transitive. To cause to separate in different directions; to throw or drive about in all directions, to scatter; to rout. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > drive away in all directions to-driveOE to-dreveOE to-skairc1175 scattera1300 skaila1300 disparplea1325 sheda1325 discatterc1330 to-scattera1382 sparple1382 to-rusha1387 to-sparplea1387 deperpeyla1400 rat1402 sever1412 to-ratc1440 disparklec1449 scarkle1450 sparklea1470 disperse1503 shudderc1540 sparse1549 dissipate?c1550 to wap sindry1563 squander1622 rout1641 to feeze about1689 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] to-shedc888 skairc1175 skaila1400 disparklec1449 scatter?c1450 spartlec1475 sprattlea1500 distribute?c1510 disperge1530 shudderc1540 crumble1547 pour1574 sperse1580 disject1581 spatter1582 distract1589 sparflec1600 esparse1625 fan1639 disperse1654 sparge1786 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 34. Preamb. They were rencountered, vaynquesshed, dispersed. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 161 He hathe dysparsed the prowde in the wylle of thy harte... An hooste that ys dysparsed ys not myghty to fyghte, ryghte so the prowde fendes are dysparsed by the passyon of oure lorde Iesu cryste. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 287 It must needes be Philip the Deacon, that was dispearsed with the rest, & came to Samaria. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 82 Such a Fire as cannot be extinguisht, is better to be dispersed. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 102 The Victors are so tryumphant, and the subdued Enemies so afflicted and dispierced. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 51 The precipitate..exposed to a certain degree of heat, is instantly dispersed into the air, with a most violent explosion. 1799 W. Wordsworth Lucy Gray vii Her feet disperse the powdery snow, That rises up like smoke. 1887 Spectator 16 Apr. 532/1 Reform meetings were dispersed by charges of Dragoons. b. intransitive. To be driven or fly asunder. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away in all directions > be driven in all directions to-flyc1000 to-drevea1225 sparplec1330 to-shedc1330 skaila1400 disparplec1400 scatterc1430 sparklec1440 shedc1485 disrout1525 disparkle1553 shattera1620 disperse1665 squander1823 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 33 These [Rupert's drops] dispersed every way so violently, that some of them pierced my skin. 2. a. transitive. To send off or cause to go in different directions; to send to, or station apart at, various points. spec. to scatter or station (ships, aircraft, etc.) at separate points in order to minimize losses from air attack. Also intransitive. Esp. in past participle: see dispersed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > space out dispersea1535 stringc1650 space1712 to set out1812 to set off1850 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss > send away in various directions skair?a1400 unhardlec1400 sprattlea1500 dispersea1535 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. sig. N.ii^v He taketh the whole people away, dispersyng them for slaues among many sundry countreyes. 1591 Hon. Actions E. Glemham Dispearsing sundrye Sentronels, for watche, farre from the Campe, diuers wayes. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. v. §9. 308 Those they saued and disperst [1634 dispierc't] them among the children of Israel to serue them. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 125 Made me range for Game, and disperse my Servants for Provant. 1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. i. 153 That a Portion of every thing may be dispersed throughout all. 1871 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce i. ii. 55 They are now dispersed throughout the museums of Europe. 1941 Manch. Guardian 24 Apr. 8/3 We took the decision to disperse plant over the countryside..and dispersal has been carried out on a very daring basis. 1944 Return to Attack (Army Board, N.Z.) 12/2 During the day vehicles were ‘dispersed’ 150 to 200 yards apart which meant that no attractive target was presented to enemy aircraft. 1948 Daily Tel. 9 Dec. 6 The fleet is well dispersed... The dropping of the ‘atomic bomb’ flash will provide a searching test of the ability of the fleet to disperse in the face of that all-powerful weapon. b. reflexive. To spread in scattered order. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (reflexive)] scatter1535 shed1589 dispersea1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) v. i. 45 Souldiers, I thanke you all: disperse your selues. View more context for this quotation a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. x. 124 Locusts..shall disperse themselves over the Face of the whole earth. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 281 About twenty families..dispersed themselves in various parts of Pennsylvania. 1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field 286 These primitive Mongoloids..had dispersed themselves over America. c. intransitive (for reflexive). To separate, go different ways. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away in all directions to-fareOE to-ferec1000 to-wendc1175 skaila1300 dissipate1660 dispersea1672 sperse1827 a1672 A. Wood Life (1891) I. 385 Sir Thomas..desired them to disperse, and not to accompany him. 1718 Free-thinker No. 68. 1 The gay Assemblies meet and disperse with the Parliament. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvi. 190 I gave orders to abandon the sledge, and disperse in search of foot-marks. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 217 The congregation is dispersing. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §4. 246 The mass of the insurgents dispersed quietly to their homes. †3. transitive. To separate into parts; to part, divide, dispart. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] to-shedc888 to-dealeOE dealc950 twemea1023 to-doOE to-shiftc1122 brittenc1175 sunderc1230 depart1297 parta1300 twain15.. dividec1380 minisha1382 dressc1410 dissever1417 sever1435 quarterc1440 distinct1526 videc1540 disperse1548 several1570 separate1581 dirempt1587 distinguish1609 piecemeal1611 discrete1624 dispart1629 slit1645 parcel1652 canton1653 tripartite1653 split1707 carve1711 scind1869 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxxix Thynkynge yt not..beneficiall to disparse and deuyde his greate armye into small branches. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lx. 33 The flieing ant..dispersth his nature, in two natures throwne..A creper with spiders, and a flier with flise. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. i. 2 Europe is of a more..manifolde shape, being in sundry places dispersed and restrained by the sea. 4. a. To distribute from a main source or centre. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (transitive)] > from a main source or centre spread?c1225 disperse1555 radiate1786 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 326^v The veynes of bludde are disparsed in the bodies of lyuing beastes. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 361 Conduites whereby the water is brought thither and dispersed in all places thereof. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 161 In the Gate-vaine, which disperseth that bloud. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 5 Wings..with black thick ribs or fibers, dispers'd and branch'd through them. b. To distribute, put into circulation (books, coins, articles of commerce); to give currency to. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] britteneOE to-dealeOE dealOE britOE setc1275 dispensec1374 dispendc1375 to-seta1387 dispone1429 disposec1430 sparple1435 demean1439 distributea1464 distribue1477 issuec1484 communy1530 to deal out1535 impart1545 disperse1555 retail1576 digest1578 deliver1626 to hand out1648 to dispose of1676 dispensate1701 dole1701 to give out1710 sling1860 to give away1889 to pass out1926 dish1934 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. i. f. 51^v Which is nowe printed and dispersed throwghowte Christendome. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. i. f. 176^v The double ducades whiche yowre maiestie haue caused to bee coyned, and are disparsed throughowte the hole worlde. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. i. 54 The cloth whereof is dispersed along the coast of Africa. 1693 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 386 Wee of the Jurie doe find Charles Butler guiltie of dispersing bad monie. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xi. 136 A paper of questions that was..privately dispersed. 1838–9 Act 2 & 3 Vict. c. 12. §2 in Enactments Parl. conc. Univ. Oxf. & Cambr. (1869) 177 [Any] paper or book..meant to be published or dispersed. †5. To make known abroad; to publish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)] sowc888 blowc1275 dispeple1297 to do abroadc1300 fame1303 publyc1350 defamea1382 publisha1382 open?1387 proclaima1393 slandera1400 spreada1400 abroachc1400 throwc1400 to give outa1425 promote?a1425 noisec1425 publicc1430 noisec1440 divulgea1464 to put outc1475 skail1487 to come out witha1500 bruit1525 bruita1529 to bear out1530 divulgate1530 promulgate1530 propale?1530 ventilate1530 provulgate1535 sparple1536 sparse1536 promulge1539 disperse1548 publicate1548 forthtell1549 hurly-burly?1550 propagate1554 to set abroada1555 utter1561 to set forth1567 blaze1570 evulgate1570 scatter1576 rear?1577 to carry about1585 pervulgate1586 celebrate?1596 propalate1598 vent1602 evulge1611 to give forth1611 impublic1628 ventilate1637 disseminate1643 expose1644 emit1650 to put about1664 to send abroad1681 to get abroad1688 to take out1697 advertise1710 forward1713 to set abouta1715 circulate1780 broadcast1829 vent1832 vulgate1851 debit1879 float1883 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xlix Your strength and vertue shalbe spred and dispersed through the whole world. 1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger To Rdr. sig. A3 By their owne diuulged and dispersed ignominie. 1624 B. Jonson Neptunes Triumph 7 The Poet entring on the Stage, to disperse the Argument, is cald to by the Master-Cooke. 6. a. To spread abroad or about; to diffuse, disseminate. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (transitive)] to-spreada1000 spread?c1225 sowc1350 to-scattera1382 diffund?a1425 dilate1430 disparklec1449 diffuse?a1475 provulgate1535 disperse1576 distract1600 disseminate1603 protracta1658 unroll1813 the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (transitive)] > specific something immaterial sowc888 forspreada1300 breathea1425 diffusea1425 transfusec1425 sparkle?1533 seminate1535 enlarge1553 propagate1554 disperse1576 proseminate1619 disseminate1643 infusea1672 overpass1679 to set abroad1688 vulgate1851 1576 A. Fleming tr. Seneca in Panoplie Epist. 308 If happly other diseases disperse their infecting properties. 1641 E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 37 The sicknes and small pox is very much dispersed in Westminster and London. 1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 4 To disperse the Heat so uniformly. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 10 A practice..thence dispersed into all parts of the Christian world. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. ii. 69 Complaints were now industriously raised and dispersed. †b. reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > spread [verb (reflexive)] disperse1599 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. i. 61 Let me haue A dram of poyson..As will disperse it selfe through all the veines. View more context for this quotation 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 16 Water put into wine..or the like, does immediately..disperse it self all over them. †c. intransitive (for reflexive). To extend, be diffused. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (intransitive)] bredeOE bespreadc1275 skaila1300 springc1390 shaila1400 spread1560 disperse1605 diffuse1655 the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (intransitive)] > of immaterial things aspringc1000 to-bredea1023 spread?c1225 rangec1450 disperse1605 disseminate1803 percolate1854 haemorrhage1935 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vii. 239 Th' Allmighties Care doth diuerselie dispearse O're all the parts of all this Vniuerse. 7. a. transitive. To dissipate; to remove, dispel, cause to disappear (vapours, humours, trouble, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > eradicate or extirpate > sin, fear, etc. updrawc1290 fordo1340 extirp1483 roota1500 dissipate1532 extirpate1538 profligate1542 rout1559 disperse1563 rescind1579 resolve1580 overplough1596 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors ii. f. 24^v If the Exhalation [thunder]..doe not at the first disperse it [the cloud], it maketh a..fearefull romblyng. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. I4 All his manly powres it did disperse, As he were charmed with inchaunted rimes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 89 At length the sonne..Disperst those vapours that offended vs. View more context for this quotation 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World iv. 128 I said all that I could..to disperse the melancholy which was fixed in every countenance. 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 342 When a tempest appeared brooding in the air, the tolling of the bell dispersed it. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 61 [The tumour] increased, notwithstanding applications that were employed to disperse it. b. intransitive. To become dissipated. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > be or become invisible [verb (intransitive)] > vanish or disappear formeltc893 wendOE witea1000 aworthc1000 fleec1200 fleetc1200 withdraw1297 vanish1303 voidc1374 unkithea1400 startc1405 disappearc1425 disparishc1425 to fall awayc1443 evanish?a1475 vade1495 sinka1500 vade1530 fly1535 fadea1538 melt?1567 dispear1600 relinquish1601 foist1603 dispersea1616 to vanish (melt, etc.) into thin aira1616 dissipate1626 retire1647 evaporate1713 merge1802 illude1820 to foam off1826 dislimn1833 furl1844 to step out1844 evanesce1855 shade1880 wisp1883 to go to the winds1884 walk1898 to do a disappearing act1913 to go west1916 to do (or take) a fade1949 to phase out1970 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 114 Glory is like a Circle in the Water, Which neuer ceaseth to enlarge it selfe, Till by broad spreading, it disperse to naught. View more context for this quotation 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 100 At length the thick cloud of dust dispersed. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues viii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 52 Hardly..had the night's chill shadow dispersed. 8. transitive. Optics. Of a refractive medium: To open out or scatter (rays of light): see dispersion n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > refraction > refract [verb (transitive)] > scatter disperse1654 scatter1833 1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 197 In a burning Glasse..that colour doth dispierce the light, and stands vntainted.] 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 220 The Rayes that dispersed will scarce warme, collected may burne. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 69 By reason of..its Globular Figure, the Rays that pass through it will be dispers'd. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 503 Concave lenses disperse the rays of light. 1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. vi. 211 Different media..disperse or open out the light to a greater or less extent. Compounds Chemistry. The verb-stem used attributively. disperse phase n. ΚΠ 1927 J. C. Crocker & F. Matthews Theoret. & Exper. Physical Chem. 273 Disperse phase, the discontinuous constituent of a colloidal solution corresponding to the solute in true solution. Disperse system, any colloidal solution. A two-phase system with greatly developed surfaces. 1934 S. C. Blacktin Dust vi. 136 Dusts..will here be regarded as belonging to that section of the colloidal state named aerosols, and consisting of solid disperse phase in gaseous dispersion medium. 1939 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) III. 292/1 In general the amount of solid substance dispersed or peptised varies with the amount of solid phase present, reaching a maximum for medium quantities. This relationship was termed..the..solid-phase rule, but..disperse-phase rule is a more suitable name. disperse system n. (see quots.). ΚΠ 1915disperse system [see dispersoid n. at Derivatives]. 1927 J. C. Crocker & F. Matthews Theoret. & Exper. Physical Chem. 273 Disperse phase, the discontinuous constituent of a colloidal solution corresponding to the solute in true solution. Disperse system, any colloidal solution. A two-phase system with greatly developed surfaces. Derivatives diˈspersoid n. = disperse system n. at Compounds. ΚΠ 1915 E. W. Washburn Princ. Physical Chem. xxv. 361 If we imagine any phase within a given system to be gradually broken up into smaller and smaller particles, then as the size of these particles gradually decreases the surface of contact between this phase and its neighbors will correspondingly increase and the effects of forces of the nature of surface tension..will gradually become more apparent, and these surface forces will eventually begin to be an important factor in determining the fugacities of the molecular species composing the system. Whenever this situation exists to an appreciable extent..we have what is called a disperse system or a dispersoid. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) IX. 585/2 Condensed dispersoids and fine mechanical dispersoids generally tend to flocculate or agglomerate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1393v.1503
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