Odorous water was
Disperpled lightly on my head and neck.
Chapman.
Dis*per"sal (?), n. The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. Darwin.
Dis*perse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispersed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispersing.] [L. dispersus, p. p. of dispergere to strew, scatter. See Sparse.] 1. 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.