disseminate
9 synonyms and 3 antonyms for disseminate, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To spread ideas, opinions or information widely, as if scattering seeds.
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Etymology
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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