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To scatter abroad. [Obs.] Holland.

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. Prov. xv. 7. Two lions, in the still, dark night, A herd of beeves disperse. Cowper.

To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. Spenser.

One who spreads abroad. Dispreaders both of vice and error. Milton.

To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation.

f being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc. The universal dissemination of those writings. Wayland.

, to domineer over dependents. Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. Prior.

of doors, or Without doors, and, colloquially, Out doors, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost. His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors. Locke. -- To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door, to charge one with a fault; to blame for. -- To lie at one's door, to be imputable or chargeable t…

ns meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law. Wharton.

To publish abroad. [Obs.]

home; to drive away. "Exiled from eternal God." Tennyson. Calling home our exiled friends abroad. Shak.

To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the way of commerce; -- the opposite of import; as, to export grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.

The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.

Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.

ssly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him. To fall abroad of (Naut.), to strike against; -- applied to one vessel coming into collision with another. -- To fall among, to come among accidentally or unexpectedly. -- To fall astern (Naut.), to move or be driven backward; to be lef…

Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer. What fare what news abroad Shak.

To run about; to frisk; to whisk. [Obs.] He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions. Latimer.

Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.

s or joins in a foray. They might not choose the lowand road, For the Merse forayers were abroad. Sir W. Scott.

Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. Shak.