Disperse

dis-pėrs′, v.t. to scatter in all directions: to spread: to diffuse: to drive asunder: to cause to vanish.— v.i. to separate: to spread abroad: to vanish.— n. Dispers′al .— adv. Dispers′edly .— ns. Dispers′edne ; Dispers′er .— adj. Dispers′ive , tending to disperse. [L. dispergere , dispersum — di , asunder, apart, spargĕre , to scatter.]