All 4 Uses of
disperse
in
Great Expectations
- There we were stopped a few minutes by a signal from the sergeant's hand, while two or three of his men dispersed themselves among the graves, and also examined the porch.†
Chpt 5
- Long after these constitutional powers had dispersed, my sister lay very ill in bed.†
Chpt 16 *
- Scattered wits take a long time picking up; and often before I had got them well together, they would be dispersed in all directions by one stray thought, that perhaps after all Miss Havisham was going to make my fortune when my time was out.†
Chpt 17
- These were agreeably dispersed among small specimens of china and glass, various neat trifles made by the proprietor of the museum, and some tobacco-stoppers carved by the Aged.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(disperse as in: the crowd dispersed) to scatter or cause to spread