Verb

(intransitive) To scatter in different directions

The Jews are dispersed among all nations.

* Bible, Proverbs xv. 7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge.

* Cowper

Two lions, in the still, dark night, / A herd of beeves disperse .

(intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate

(intransitive) To disseminate

(physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light etc. according to wavelength; to refract

(intransitive) To distribute throughout

Verb

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(intransitive): To issue a medium (e.g. publication).

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= David Larousserie

, volume=189, issue=10, page=35, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Super-lasers blaze knowledge frontier , passage=In an article published in 2008 [Gérard] Mourou proposed an alternative means of achieving atomic fusion. He now believes that fibre lasers could be used to transmute elements, as a way of disposing of highly radioactive waste from nuclear power stations.}}

(transitive): To issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution.

(transitive): To announce to the public.

(Internet) To convert data of a Web page to HTML in a local directory and copy it to the Web site on a remote system.

(intransitive): To write in a publication (usually as an academic).