Disseminate
[dɪ'semɪneɪt] or [dɪ'sɛmɪnet]
Definition
(v. t. & i.) To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation.
(v. t. & i.) To spread or extend by dispersion.
Typed by Lena
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Spread, propagate, diffuse, disperse, circulate, promulgate, spread abroad.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Spread, propagate, preach, proclaim, publish, promulgate, scatter, circulate
ANT:Repress, suppress, stifle, discountenance, extirpate, eradicate
Typist: Lucas
Definition
v.t. to sow or scatter abroad: to propagate: to diffuse.—n. Disseminā′tion.—adj. Dissem′inative.—n. Dissem′inator.
Edited by Bernice
Examples
- Another of the popular fictions of Coketown, which some pains had been taken to disseminate—and which some people really believed. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But this beauty serves merely as a guide to birds and beasts, in order that the fruit may be devoured and the matured seeds disseminated. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- She never disseminated really malignant or dangerous reports. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Repulsion, as well as attraction, plays a part among the particles of matter disseminated in space. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- According to the practice in modern municipal health regulations, the test as to when a child recovering from diphtheria is incapable of disseminating the disease is by test culture. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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