disseminate

[ dih-sem-uh-neyt ]

/ dɪˈsɛm əˌneɪt /

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verb (used with object), dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing.

to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.

Origin of disseminate

1595–1605; < Latin dissēminātus (past participle of dissēmināre; dis- dis-¹ + sēmināre to sow), equivalent to dis- + sēmin- (stem of sēmen seed) + -ātus -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM disseminate

dis·sem·i·na·tion, noun dis·sem·i·na·tive, adjective dis·sem·i·na·tor, noun un·dis·sem·i·nat·ed, adjective

Words nearby disseminate

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And data collected and disseminated by the government is hugely important.

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Flight allowed mankind a new perspective on itself, which aerial photography eventually captured and disseminated.

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Zelikow recorded his opposition to this view in his own memo, which he disseminated widely within the Bush administration.

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But the larger, much thornier, issue involves the reporters who disseminated those statements.

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Now the SEC wants to know who gave out negative information about Bear and how it was disseminated.

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They were loose, and disseminated upon the road, in a reddish kind of earth.

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The royal peacemaker felt no remorse at having drenched Italian cities in blood and disseminated discord.

The Two First Centuries of Florentine History |Pasquale Villari
I knew that it was a metal like gold, disseminated throughout all parts of the earth.

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Knowledge of a certain kind was disseminated far more effectively and far more universally than is generally believed.

The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 |Various
These fry are reared in special ponds, and disseminated when they have grown bigger in the lakes and larger pieces of water.

The Human Race |Louis Figuier

British Dictionary definitions for disseminated

disseminate

/ (dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt) /

verb

(tr) to distribute or scatter about; diffuse

Derived forms of disseminate

dissemination, noun disseminative, adjective disseminator, noun

Word Origin for disseminate

C17: from Latin dissēmināre, from dis- 1 + sēmināre to sow, from sēmen seed

Medical definitions for disseminated

disseminated

[ dĭ-sĕm′ə-nā′tĭd ]

adj.

Spread over a large area of a body, a tissue, or an organ.

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disseminate

verb (used with object), dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing.

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verb

Derived forms of disseminate

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adj.

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disseminate

verb (used with object), dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing.

Origin of disseminate

OTHER WORDS FROM disseminate

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