All 4 Uses of
disperse
in
Jane Eyre
- They dispersed about the room, reminding me, by the lightness and buoyancy of their movements, of a flock of white plumy birds.†
Chpt 17 *
- The sound of the dressing-bell dispersed the party.†
Chpt 18
- I had heard from Mrs. Fairfax in the interim of my absence: the party at the hall was dispersed; Mr. Rochester had left for London three weeks ago, but he was then expected to return in a fortnight.†
Chpt 22
- His idea was still with me, because it was not a vapour sunshine could disperse, nor a sand-traced effigy storms could wash away; it was a name graven on a tablet, fated to last as long as the marble it inscribed.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(disperse as in: the crowd dispersed) to scatter or cause to spread