To be dispersed upon.
To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks.
To deflect (radiation or particles).
To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
The act of scattering or dispersing.
A collection of dispersed objects.
To relieve someone temporarily.
To become more successful (than someone or something else).
To assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp.
To appropriate something without permission.
To adopt a further responsibility or duty.
To buy out the ownership of a business.
To annex a territory by conquest or invasion.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.