disseminate

An adaptation of Latin dissēmināt-, the perfect passive participial stem of dissēminō (“I broadcast”, “I disseminate”), from dis- (“in all directions”) + sēminō (“I plant”, “I sow”), from sēmen (“seed”).

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disseminate (third-person singular simple present disseminates, present participle disseminating, simple past and past participle disseminated)

1. (transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
2. (intransitive) To become widespread.

   The values of the human rights movement have disseminated throughout the world.

• spread
• circulate
• propagate

• promulgate

• dissemination

• disseminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• disseminate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• mediastines

disseminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of disseminare
2. second-person plural imperative of disseminare
3. feminine plural of disseminato

dissēmināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dissēminō