broadcast

broadcast is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
  2. 2.Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.
  3. 3.So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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