All 5 Uses of
disperse
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- 'He thought about a great many things—about his present troubles and past days of bachelorship, and about the Lincoln greens, long since dispersed up and down the country, no one knew whither: with the exception of two who had been unfortunately beheaded, and four who had killed themselves with drinking.†
Chpt 6
- The group dispersed, as if in great surprise, and the gentleman addressed, turning round, exhibited a suit of clothes of the most superlative cut, a pair of whiskers of similar quality, a moustache, a head of hair, and a young face.†
Chpt 19 *
- The crier was sent round, in the morning, to proclaim the entertainments with the sound of bell in all the thoroughfares; and extra bills of three feet long by nine inches wide, were dispersed in all directions, flung down all the areas, thrust under all the knockers, and developed in all the shops.†
Chpt 24
- But how the graces and elegancies which she had dispersed about the poorly-furnished room went to the heart of Nicholas!†
Chpt 46
- Finally, after a very long sitting, Mr Snittle Timberry vacated the chair, and the company with many adieux and embraces dispersed.†
Chpt 48
Definition:
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(disperse as in: the crowd dispersed) to scatter or cause to spread