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disperse
English
Etymology
From French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergere (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargere (“to scatter”); see sparse.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??sp??s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??sp??s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
- Hyphenation: dis?perse
Verb
disperse (third-person singular simple present disperses, present participle dispersing, simple past and past participle dispersed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:disperse
- (transitive, intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To disseminate.
- (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
- (transitive, intransitive) To distribute throughout.
Usage notes
- Do not confuse with the monetary word disburse, despite the two being near homophones and having a degree of semantic similarity (in which disbursed money may be dispersed among expenses). A mnemonic to help make the difference obvious (which uses a cognate of each word) is that d?s-burs-ing is taking money out of the purse, whereas d?-spers-ing causes something to be sparsely scattered.
Derived terms
Related terms
- dispersal
- dispersible
- dispersion
Translations
Adjective
disperse (comparative more disperse, superlative most disperse)
- Scattered or spread out.
Derived terms
Anagrams
- Perseids, despiser, perseids, presides
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.p??s/
Verb
disperse
- inflection of disperser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- perdisse, prédises, prédisse, présides
German
Adjective
disperse
- inflection of dispers:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
disperse
- feminine plural of disperso
Noun
disperse f pl
- plural of dispersa
Verb 1
disperse
- inflection of disperdere:
- third-person singular past historic
- third-person singular past historic
Verb 2
disperse f
- feminine plural of disperso
Anagrams
- depressi, perdessi, predisse
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dis?per.se/, [d??s??p?rs??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dis?per.se/, [d?is?p?rs?]
Participle
disperse
- vocative masculine singular of dispersus
References
- disperse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- disperse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- disperse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Verb
disperse
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of dispersar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of dispersar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of dispersar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of dispersar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis?pe?se/, [d?is?pe?.se]
Verb
disperse
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dispersar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dispersar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dispersar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of dispersar.
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discuss
English
Etymology
From Middle French and Anglo-Norman discusser (French discuter), from Latin discussus, past participle of discuti? (“to strike or shake apart, break up, scatter; examine, discuss”), from dis- (“apart”) + quati? (“to shake”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?k?s/, /d?s?k?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?s?k?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Verb
discuss (third-person singular simple present discusses, present participle discussing, simple past and past participle discussed)
- (transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
- (transitive, obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, act 1, scene 3:
- Nym: I will discuss the humour of this love to Page.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 4, scene 1:
- Pistol: Discuss unto me; art thou officer? Or art thou base, common and popular?
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, act 1, scene 3:
- (obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter.
- (obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.
- 1854, Samuel White Baker, The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon:
- We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us.
- 1858, James Hogg, Titan (volume 27, page 306)
- In the first room we entered, a soldier and a man, like a clerk or dominie, were discussing a bottle of red wine; they immediately sprang up and politely proffered us each a bumper.
- 1854, Samuel White Baker, The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon:
- (transitive, law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
- (obsolete, transitive) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.i:
- For she was giuen all to fleshly lust,
And poured forth in sensuall delight,
That all regard of shame she had discust,
And meet respect of honour put to flight […]
- For she was giuen all to fleshly lust,
- June 15, 1751, Samuel Johnson, letter in The Rambler
- The softness of my hands was secured by medicated gloves, and my bosom rubbed with a pomade prepared by my mother, of virtue to discuss pimples, and clear discolourations.
- 1642, Henry Wotton, Short View of the Life and Death of George Villers Duke of Buckingham
- Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affliction.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.i:
Synonyms
- (converse about a topic): bespeak, betalk, debate, talk about
Derived terms
Related terms
- quash
Translations
See also
- argue
Further reading
- discuss in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- discuss in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- discuss at OneLook Dictionary Search
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