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Definition of Disseminate
1. Verb. Cause to become widely known. "Broadcast the news"
Generic synonyms: Air, Bare, Publicise, Publicize
Specialized synonyms: Podcast, Sow, Generalise, Generalize, Popularise, Popularize, Vulgarise, Vulgarize, Carry, Run
Causes: Circulate, Go Around, Spread
Related verbs: Circulate, Go Around, Spread
Derivative terms: Broadcast, Broadcast, Circular, Circulation, Diffusion, Diffusive, Dispersal, Dispersion, Dispersive, Dissemination, Dissemination, Dissemination, Disseminative, Disseminator, Propagation, Propagator, Spread, Spread, Spread, Spreading
Definition of Disseminate
1. v. t. & i. To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation.
Definition of Disseminate
1. Verb. (transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, and errors for growth and propagation, such as seed ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To become scattered. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disseminate
1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]
Medical Definition of Disseminate
1. To scatter or distribute over a considerable area. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disseminate
Literary usage of Disseminate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Developing a Law Enforcement Stress Program for Officers and Their Families by Peter Finn, Julie E. Tomz (1998)
"Prepare and disseminate a Written Confidentiality Policy The first line of
protection for confidentiality is to prepare a written statement of what ..."
2. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1921)
"... disseminate his impious. sentiments among the poor and ignorant, and to deprive
them of the faith and hopes of religion, the sole consolation of the ..."
3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"... semi-breve, &c. disseminate. (L.) From pp. of L. disseminare, to scatter seed.
— L. dis-, apart ; seminare, to sow, from semin-, crude form of semen, ..."
4. The American Friends' Peace Conference Held at Philadelphia Twelfth Month by American Friends' peace conference (1902)
"the cause of much war—has undertaken at times to disseminate the principles of
peace by war. We must do what we can to have it different in the future. ..."
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