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disseminate

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dis·sem·i·nate  (d-sm-nt)
v. dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing, dis·sem·i·nates
v.tr.
1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed.
2. To spread abroad; promulgate: disseminate information.
v.intr.
To become diffused; spread.

[Latin dissminre, dissmint- : dis-, dis- + sminre, to sow (from smen, smin-, seed; see s- in Indo-European roots).]

dis·semi·nation n.
dis·semi·nator n.

disseminate [dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt]
vb
(tr) to distribute or scatter about; diffuse
[from Latin dissēmināre, from dis-1 + sēmināre to sow, from sēmen seed]
dissemination  n
disseminative  adj
disseminator  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.disseminate - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
publicize, bare, publicise, air - make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare"
podcast - distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
sow - introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs"
circulate, go around, spread - become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, generalise, generalize - cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
carry, run - include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference"

disseminate
verb spread, publish, broadcast, distribute, scatter, proclaim, circulate, sow, disperse, diffuse, publicize, dissipate, propagate, promulgate It took years to disseminate information about Aids.
Translations
disseminate [dɪˈsemɪneɪt] VT [+ information] → divulgar, difundir
disseminate [dɪˈsɛmɪneɪt] vt [+ information, facts] → disséminer, propager; [+ knowledge] → diffuser
disseminate
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disseminate [dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt] vt (information) → diffondere
disseminate [dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt] vt (information) → diffondere


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As the missletoe is disseminated by birds, its existence depends on birds; and it may metaphorically be said to struggle with other fruit-bearing plants, in order to tempt birds to devour and thus disseminate its seeds rather than those of other plants.
Whatever the defects of American universities may be, they disseminate no prejudices; rear no bigots; dig up the buried ashes of no old superstitions; never interpose between the people and their improvement; exclude no man because of his religious opinions; above all, in their whole course of study and instruction, recognise a world, and a broad one too, lying beyond the college walls.
Another of the popular fictions of Coketown, which some pains had been taken to disseminate - and which some people really believed.
 
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