disperse

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb distribute loosely
  2. verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
  3. verb cause to separate

Etymology

From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse.

In classic literature

Synonyms

scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust

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