All 4 Uses of
disperse
in
Jane Eyre
- They dispersed about the room, reminding me, by the lightness and buoyancy of their movements, of a flock of white plumy birds.†
p. 199.2 *dispersed = scattered or spread
- The sound of the dressing-bell dispersed the party.†
p. 220.9
- I had heard from Mrs. Fairfax in the interim of my absence: the party at the hall was dispersed; Mr. Rochester had left for London three weeks ago, but he was then expected to return in a fortnight.†
p. 280.5
- His idea was still with me, because it was not a vapour sunshine could disperse, nor a sand-traced effigy storms could wash away; it was a name graven on a tablet, fated to last as long as the marble it inscribed.†
p. 460.5
Definition:
to scatter or cause to spread