Disperse

Disperse - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

DISPERSE, v.t. dispers. [L., to scatter.]

1. To scatter; to drive asunder; to cause to separate into different parts; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

2. To diffuse; to spread.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. Prov 15.

3. To dissipate; as, the fog or the cloud is dispersed.

4. To distribute.

DISPERSE, v.i. dispers.

1. To be scattered; to separate; to go or move into different parts; as, the company dispersed at ten oclock.

2. To be scattered; to vanish; as fog or vapors.