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Definition of Scattered

Scattered
Scattered Scat"tered, a. 1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread. 2. (Bot.) Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves. -- Scat"tered*ly, adv. -- Scat"tered*ness, n.
Scattered
Scatter Scat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Scattering.] [OE. scateren. See Shatter.] 1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order. And some are scattered all the floor about. --Chaucer. Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, Their scattered cottages, and ample plains? --Dryden. Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. --Prior. 2. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse. Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. --Shak. 3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like. Syn: To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew.
Scatter
Scatter Scat"ter, v. i. To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm.
Scatter
Scatter Scat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Scattering.] [OE. scateren. See Shatter.] 1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order. And some are scattered all the floor about. --Chaucer. Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, Their scattered cottages, and ample plains? --Dryden. Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. --Prior. 2. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse. Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. --Shak. 3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like. Syn: To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew.

Meaning of Scattered from wikipedia

- Look up scattered in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Scattered may refer to: Scattered (album), a 2010 album by The Handsome Family "Scattered" (The Kinks...
- The scattered disc (or scattered disk) is a distant cir****stellar disc in the Solar System that is sp****ly po****ted by icy small Solar System bodies...
- Scattered Dreams: The Kathryn Messenger Story is a 1993 made for TV drama film based on a true story. It stars Gerald McRaney, Ed Grady, Rhoda Griffis...
- Pannus, or scud clouds, is a type of fractus cloud at low height above ground, detached, and of irregular form, found beneath nimbostratus, ****ulonimbus...
- Scattered, Smothered and Covered is a covers album by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, released in 2000. The album was named in honor of Waffle...
- Makemake, and the scattered disk objects like Eris. Detached objects have also been referred to in the scientific literature as extended scattered disc objects...
- Scattered is a second compilation of demos, outtakes and rarities by The Handsome Family. It was released 2010 through Handsome Family Music and is the...
- critics. Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder. Toronto: A.A. Knopf, 1999. ISBN 978-0676971453. Scattered: How...
- of origin is the scattered disc, a dynamically active zone created by the outward motion of Neptune 4.5 billion years ago; scattered disc objects such...
- divided into the classical and resonant objects of the Kuiper belt, the scattered disc and detached objects with the sednoids being the most distant ones...