DISSEMINATE, v.t. [l., to sow; See d.]
1. Literally, to sow; to scatter See d; but seldom or never used in its literal sense. but hence,
2. To scatter for growth and propagation, like See d; to spread. Thus, principles, opinions and errors are disseminated, when they are spread and propagated. To disseminate truth or the gospel is highly laudable.
3. To spread; to diffuse.
A uniform heat disseminate through the body of the earth.
4. To spread; to disperse.
The Jews are disseminated through all the trading parts of the world.
[The second is the most proper application of the word, as it should always include the idea of growth or taking root. The fourth sense is hardly vindicable.]
