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What does "disperse" mean?

Disperse: Two lions, in the still, dark night, A herd of beeves disperse. Cowper.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors. Dispersed are the glories. Shak.
  2. 3.To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.
  3. 4.To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor. Ps. cxii. 9.

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