Both Uses of
disperse
in
Sense and Sensibility
- The morning was rather favourable, though it had rained all night, as the clouds were then dispersing across the sky, and the sun frequently appeared.
Chpt 13 *dispersing = spreading (moving away from each other)
- He was the only person in the world who could at that moment be forgiven for not being Willoughby; the only one who could have gained a smile from her; but she dispersed her tears to smile on HIM, and in her sister's happiness forgot for a time her own disappointment.†
Chpt 16dispersed = scattered or spread
Definition:
to scatter or cause to spread