scatter
scatter is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse. Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. Shak.
- 2.Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like.
- 3.To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse. Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. Shak called?
- What is hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like called?
- What is to be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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