Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to disperse
Participle: dispersed
Gerund: dispersing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | disperse |
| you | disperse |
| he;she;it | disperses |
| we | disperse |
| you | disperse |
| they | disperse |
Perfect
| I | have dispersed |
| you | have dispersed |
| he;she;it | has dispersed |
| we | have dispersed |
| you | have dispersed |
| they | have dispersed |
Past
| I | dispersed |
| you | dispersed |
| he;she;it | dispersed |
| we | dispersed |
| you | dispersed |
| they | dispersed |
Pluperfect
| I | had dispersed |
| you | had dispersed |
| he;she;it | had dispersed |
| we | had dispersed |
| you | had dispersed |
| they | had dispersed |
Future
| I | will disperse |
| you | will disperse |
| he;she;it | will disperse |
| we | will disperse |
| you | will disperse |
| they | will disperse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dispersed |
| you | will have dispersed |
| he;she;it | will have dispersed |
| we | will have dispersed |
| you | will have dispersed |
| they | will have dispersed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | disperse |
| you | disperse |
| he;she;it | disperse |
| we | disperse |
| you | disperse |
| they | disperse |
Perfect
| I | have dispersed |
| you | have dispersed |
| he;she;it | have dispersed |
| we | have dispersed |
| you | have dispersed |
| they | have dispersed |
Imperfect
| I | dispersed |
| you | dispersed |
| he;she;it | dispersed |
| we | dispersed |
| you | dispersed |
| they | dispersed |
Pluperfect
| I | had dispersed |
| you | had dispersed |
| he;she;it | had dispersed |
| we | had dispersed |
| you | had dispersed |
| they | had dispersed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would disperse |
| you | would disperse |
| he;she;it | would disperse |
| we | would disperse |
| you | would disperse |
| they | would disperse |
Perfect
| I | would have dispersed |
| you | would have dispersed |
| he;she;it | would have dispersed |
| we | would have dispersed |
| you | would have dispersed |
| they | would have dispersed |
Imperative
| you | disperse |
| we | Let's disperse |
| you | disperse |
Verbs conjugated like 'disperse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'disperse'
dispense,
disperge,
dispurse,
asperse,
dedisperse,
disburse,
disease,
dishorse,
dispence,
disperish,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- disperse
- scatter
- to scatter or spread
- distribute
- scatter, disperse
- torat
- to divide into portions and issue out
- administer, allocate, allot, apportion, deal, deal out, dispart, dispend, dispense, distribute, divide, give out, issue, mete out, parcel out, piecemeal, portion out, share, share out, sunder out
- to scatter in different directions
- besprenge, desparple, disgregate, disparkle, disparple, disperple, distribute, dwindle, flurr, insperse, instrew, resperse, scatter, sparble, sparkle, sparse, sperse, spread, springe, squander, strew, strinkle, todrive, togo, torat
- Drive away
- discuss, overshake
- |Drive away
- dispel
- To strew (a place) with scattered articles
- litter
- With a puff of air
- whiffle
- scatter
- resolve, spatter, dissipate, spray, bestrew, separate
- distribute
- broadcast, sprinkle, diffuse, disseminate, scatter, sow, spread
- disband
- dissolve, disappear, vanish
Antonyms
- to come together as a group
- break up, disband, dissolve, dwindle, assemble
- to scatter in different directions
- assemble, collect, round up
- scatter
- collect, concentrate, gather, preserve
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1450, from M.Fr.
disperser "scatter," from L.
dispersus, pp. of
dispergere "to scatter," from
dis- "apart, in every direction" +
spargere "to scatter" (see sparse).
2. From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse.
Verbs referencing "disperse"
Finnish with old forms
dispergoida.
Sample Sentences
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And, with this pathetic benediction, the assembly dispersed. CHAPTER IX In Which It Appears That a Senator Is But a Man
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] it the back way. The whooping and shouts of their pursuers were still filling the air; and, looking from the sitting-room windows, Cassy and Emmeline could see the troop, with their flambeaux, just dispersing themselves along the edge of the swamp.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)