All 5 Uses of
disperse
in
Mansfield Park
- Her feelings for one and the other were soon a little tranquillised by seeing the party in the meadow disperse, and Miss Crawford still on horseback, but attended by Edmund on foot, pass through a gate into the lane, and so into the park, and make towards the spot where she stood.†
Chpt 7
- All were attracted at first by the plants or the pheasants, and all dispersed about in happy independence.†
Chpt 9 *
- He came on the wings of disappointment, and with his head full of acting, for it had been a theatrical party; and the play in which he had borne a part was within two days of representation, when the sudden death of one of the nearest connexions of the family had destroyed the scheme and dispersed the performers.†
Chpt 13
- Our company is now so dispersed, from the Crawfords being gone home, that nothing more can be done to-night; but if you will give us the honour of your company to-morrow evening, I should not be afraid of the result.†
Chpt 19
- If two moments, however, can surround with difficulties, a third can disperse them; and before she had opened the letter, the possibility of Mr. and Miss Crawford's having applied to her uncle and obtained his permission was giving her ease.†
Chpt 46
Definition:
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(disperse as in: the crowd dispersed) to scatter or cause to spread