Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Disperse

Disperse , transitive verb

[Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergere to strew, scatter. See Sparse.]

1.
To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. — Bible (KJV) - Proverb xv. 7
Two lions, in the still, dark night, A herd of beeves disperse. — Cowper
2.
To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors.
Dispersed are the glories. — Shakespeare

Disperse , intransitive verb

1.
To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.
2.
To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor. — Bible (KJV) - Psalm cxii. 9