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Disseminate

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.

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Verb group 4

Circulate 84% connected

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Circulate 84% connected

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 2

Air 76% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bare 76% connected

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 6

Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Generalize 76% connected

To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Popularize 76% connected

To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Run 76% connected

of Run

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sow 76% connected

To sew. See Sew.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vulgarize 76% connected

To make vulgar, or common.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Diffusive 74% connected

Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Diffusive 74% connected

Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dispersion 74% connected

The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dispersion 74% connected

The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Causes 2

Circulate 72% connected

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Broadcast 92% connected

A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Circulate 92% connected

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Diffuse 92% connected

To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to di…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disperse 92% connected

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Distribute 92% connected

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Propagate 92% connected

To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or she…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spread 92% connected

of Spread

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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