spersev.

/spəːs/

Forms: Also 1600s spearse.

Etymology: Aphetic form of disperse v., probably in part after Italian sperso, past participle of spergere to scatter.

Now archaic.

1. transitive. To cause to scatter or disperse; to drive in different directions.

ΘΚΠ

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

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > dispel (cloud, gloom, or immaterial things)

overdriveOE

discuss?c1400

digesta1513

profligate1542

depel?1548

foil1548

sperse1580

disparkle1601

redisperse1621

dispela1631

fray1635

dissipate1691

1580 Baret's Aluearie (rev. ed.) S. 93 That is spersed and scattered out of order.

1591 E. Spenser tr. J. du Bellay Visions in Complaints viii I saw the wrathfull winde..That sperst these cloudes.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iii. sig. O7^v He..Broke his sword in twaine, and all his armour sperst .

1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. K4 Are those clowds sperst that stroue to dimme our light?

1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ii. 77 Rockes..like the sands are spearst abroad, Faster than hands can them vnload.

1646 H. More Democritus Platonissans 13 What then shall hinder but a roscid aire With gentle heat each where be 'sperst and sprent.

1845 T. Cooper Purgatory of Suicides iv. liii. 144 Who, then, shall sperse the dark eternal mists?1879 J. D. Long tr. Virgil Æneid i. 80 Wreck their sinking boats, Or sperse and whelm their corses in the deep.

2. intransitive. To take different directions.

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

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 125 They..spers'd about in search o' beds.

Derivatives

spersed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [adjective] > driven away in all directions > having property of dispelling > dispelled

spersed1590

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A8^v Making speedy way through spersed ayre.

1646 H. More Democritus Platonissans 2 An inward triumph doth my soul up-heave And spread abroad through endlesse 'spersed aire.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sperse
释义	spersev. /spəːs/ Forms: Also 1600s spearse. Etymology: Aphetic form of disperse v., probably in part after Italian sperso, past participle of spergere to scatter. Now archaic. 1. transitive. To cause to scatter or disperse; to drive in different directions. ΘΚΠ 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 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > dispel (cloud, gloom, or immaterial things) overdriveOE discuss?c1400 digesta1513 profligate1542 depel?1548 foil1548 sperse1580 disparkle1601 redisperse1621 dispela1631 fray1635 dissipate1691 1580 Baret's Aluearie (rev. ed.) S. 93 That is spersed and scattered out of order. 1591 E. Spenser tr. J. du Bellay Visions in Complaints viii I saw the wrathfull winde..That sperst these cloudes. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iii. sig. O7^v He..Broke his sword in twaine, and all his armour sperst . View more context for this quotation 1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. K4 Are those clowds sperst that stroue to dimme our light? 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ii. 77 Rockes..like the sands are spearst abroad, Faster than hands can them vnload. 1646 H. More Democritus Platonissans 13 What then shall hinder but a roscid aire With gentle heat each where be 'sperst and sprent. 1845 T. Cooper Purgatory of Suicides iv. liii. 144 Who, then, shall sperse the dark eternal mists?1879 J. D. Long tr. Virgil Æneid i. 80 Wreck their sinking boats, Or sperse and whelm their corses in the deep. 2. intransitive. To take different directions. 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 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 125 They..spers'd about in search o' beds. Derivatives spersed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [adjective] > driven away in all directions > having property of dispelling > dispelled spersed1590 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A8^v Making speedy way through spersed ayre. 1646 H. More Democritus Platonissans 2 An inward triumph doth my soul up-heave And spread abroad through endlesse 'spersed aire. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1580
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