All 5 Uses of
disperse
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- These few words were uttered with an accent that left no doubt of his sincerity; Dantes rose, dispersed the fragments with the same precaution as before, and pushed his bed back against the wall.†
Chpt 15-16 *
- But however the mind of the young man might be absorbed in these reflections, they were at once dispersed at the sight of the dark frowning ruins of the stupendous Colosseum, through the various openings of which the pale moonlight played and flickered like the unearthly gleam from the eyes of the wandering dead.†
Chpt 33-34
- The other members silently dispersed.†
Chpt 75-76
- Morcerf paused at these words, quietly waiting till the cloud should have dispersed which had gathered on the brow of Danglars, and which he attributed to his silence; but, on the contrary, to his great surprise, it grew darker and darker.†
Chpt 77-78
- The whole journey was performed with equal rapidity; the thirty-two horses, dispersed over seven stages, brought them to their destination in eight hours.†
Chpt 85-86
Definition:
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(disperse as in: the crowd dispersed) to scatter or cause to spread