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disparple

disparple verb: to scatter, disperse.

Verb

disparple (third-person singular simple present disparples, present participle disparpling, simple past and past participle disparpled)

  1. (obsolete) To scatter, disperse.
    • ‘Alas,’ seyde Sir Gawayne and Sir Gareth, ‘now ys thys realme holy destroyed and myscheved, and the noble felyshyp of the Rounde Table shall be disparbeled.’1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XX

Forms of disparple

third-person singular presentdisparples
present participledisparpling
past participledisparpled
pastdisparpled

Origin of disparple

From Old French disparpelier, disparpillier et al., apparently from a late prefixed form of Latin papilio (“butterfly”).

Questions about disparple

What does disparple mean?
Disparple means to scatter, disperse.
What part of speech is disparple?
Disparple is a verb.
What is the past tense of disparple?
The past tense of disparple is disparpled.

Words near disparple in the dictionary

  1. disparkled
  2. disparkles
  3. disparkling
  4. disparks
  5. disparlure
  6. disparple
  7. disparpled
  8. disparples
  9. disparpling
  10. dispart
  11. disparted

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