Definition of Disperses

1. Verb. (third-person singular of disperse) ¹

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Definition of Disperses

1. disperse [v] - See also: disperse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disperses

dispersals
dispersant
dispersants
disperse
disperse phase
disperse placenta
dispersed
dispersed particles
dispersed phase
dispersedly
dispersedness
disperseness
disperser
dispersers
disperses
dispersibility
dispersible
dispersing
dispersing electrode
dispersing medium
dispersing phase
dispersingly
dispersion
dispersion colloid
dispersion force
dispersion medium
dispersion phase
dispersion relation
dispersion staining

Literary usage of Disperses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1883)
"Obliged to come to anchor on a savage coast to repair our ship—AVe are attacked by the natives, whom our carpenter disperses by a whimsical ..."

2. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"... followed by the English—English, insufficiently provided, are obliged to relinquish the chase—A great storm disperses the Armada—Great energy of Parma, ..."

3. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1856)
"Disperses the Parliament by military Force. — Character of the Long Parliament. — Fane returns to private Life. — " Retired Man's Meditations. ..."

4. A history of the American Revolution by Paul Allen, John Neal, Tobias Watkins (1822)
"General Davidson opposing his passage is killed.—Tarleton disperses the militia at ... Lee disperses a large party of royalists under ..."

5. Appletons' Journal (1877)
"... the low woodlands of the Long Island shore are cool ami moist ; then, as the mist lifts or disperses, the city projects itself in the gray, ..."

6. The Natural Laws of Husbandry by Justus Liebig, John Blyth (1863)
"... used— £.llect of gypsum not yet explained ; indication in the comportment of clover soils with solution ol gypsum ; such solution disperses potash and ..."

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