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disseminate

dis·se·mi·nate

US/dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/ fairly common

verb

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cause to become widely known

  • “spread information”
  • “circulate a rumor”
  • “broadcast the news”
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Borrowed from Latin dissēminātus, the perfect passive participle of dissēminō (“to broadcast, disseminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from dis- (“asunder, in all directions”) + sēminō (“to plant, sow”), from sēmen (“seed”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English disseminat(e) (“disseminated”).

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