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Definition of Disperses
1. disperse [v] - See also: disperse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disperses
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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