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spargere
Latin · ancient
"to scatter"
to scatter, combined with dis- (apart)
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dispergere
Latin · ancient
"to scatter apart"
to scatter apart, from dis- and spargere
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Stage 3 of 3
disperse
English · 1400s
"to scatter people or things over a wide area"
settled as the English word for scattering people or things over a wide area
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