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disparple

verb

Etymology

From Old French disparpelier, disparpillier et al., apparently from a late prefixed form of Latin papilio (“butterfly”).

  1. derived from papilio — “butterfly”
  2. derived from disparpelier

Definitions

  1. To scatter, disperse.

    • ‘Alas,’ seyde Sir Gawayne and Sir Gareth, ‘now ys thys realme holy destroyed and myscheved, and the noble felyshyp of the Rounde Table shall be disparbeled.’

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