disseminate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to become widely known
    circularise; distribute; broadcast; spread; circularize; disperse; pass around; propagate; diffuse; circulate.
    • spread information
    • circulate a rumor
    • broadcast the news

WordNet

Dis*sem"i*nate transitive verb & intransitive verb
Etymology
L. disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- + seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Disseminated; present participle & verbal noun Disseminating
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. To spread or extend by dispersion.
    A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth. Woodward.
    Syn. -- To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse; scatter.

Webster 1913