All 5 Uses of
disperse
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Making his way through the tainted crowd, dispersed up and down this hideous scene of action, with the skill of a man accustomed to make his way quietly, the messenger found out the door he sought, and handed in his letter through a trap in it.†
Chpt 2.2dispersed = scattered or spread
- He had no opportunity of saying, or so much as thinking, anything else, until he was clear of the Old Bailey; for, the crowd came pouring out with a vehemence that nearly took him off his legs, and a loud buzz swept into the street as if the baffled blue-flies were dispersing in search of other carrion.†
Chpt 2.3dispersing = scattering or spreading
- The friends of the acquitted prisoner had dispersed, under the impression—which he himself had originated—that he would not be released that night.†
Chpt 2.4 *dispersed = scattered or spread
- It appeared, under the circumstances, rather agreeable to him to see the common people dispersed before his horses, and often barely escaping from being run down.†
Chpt 2.7
- But, the friendly dawn appearing at last, and the rush-candles of the village guttering out, the people happily dispersed, and Monsieur Gabelle came down bringing his life with him for that while.†
Chpt 2.23
Definition:
to scatter or cause to spread