72} dispersion; disjunction &c 44; divergence &c 291; aspersion;
scattering &c v.; dissemination, diffusion, dissipation, distribution;
apportionment &c 786; spread, respersion†, circumfusion†, interspersion,
spargefaction†; affusion†.
waifs and estrays†, flotsam and jetsam, disjecta membra [Lat.],
[Horace]; waveson†.
V. disperse, scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed,
spread, bestrew, overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, dismember,
distribute; apportion &c 786; blow off, let out, dispel, cast forth,
draught off; strew, straw, strow†; ted; spirtle†, cast, sprinkle; issue,
deal out, retail, utter; resperse†, intersperse; set abroach†,
circumfuse†.
turn adrift, cast adrift; scatter to the winds; spread like
wildfire, disperse themselves.
Adj. unassembled &c (assemble) &c 72; dispersed &c v.; sparse,
dispread, broadcast, sporadic, widespread; epidemic &c (general) 78;
adrift, stray; disheveled, streaming.
Adv. sparsim†, here and there, passim.