verb (dispersed; dispersing) see: spark
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. to cause to break up , to cause to become spread widely, to cause to evaporate or vanish , to spread or distribute from a fixed or constant source: as, disseminate , to subject (as light) to dispersion, to distribute (as fine particles) more or less evenly throughout a medium, intransitive verb to break up in random fashion ,
2. to become dispersed, dissipate , vanish , see: scatter dispersedly adverb disperser noun dispersible adjective