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Scatter [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To be dispersed or dissipated. The clouds scatter after a storm.

2. To be liberal to the poor; to be charitable. Proverbs 11:24 .

Scatter [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To disperse; to dissipate; to separate or remove things to a distance from each other.

2. From thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Genesis 11:9 .

3. I will scatter you among the heathen. Leviticus 26:33 .

4. To throw loosely about; to sprinkle; as, to scatter seed in sowing.

5. Teach the glad hours to scatter as they fly, soft quiet, gentle love and endless joy.

6. To spread or set thinly.

7. Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, their scatter'd cottages, and ample plains.

Scatter [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm.

Scatter [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.

2. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse.

3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like.

Scatter-brain [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention.

Scatter-brained [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Giddy; thoughtless.

Scattered [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Dispersed; dissipated; thinly spread; sprinkled or thinly spread over.

2. In botany, irregular in position; without any apparent regular order; as scattered branches.

Scattered [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.

2. Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves.

Scattered [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Scatteredly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a dispersed manner; separately. [Not much used.]

Scattergood [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who wastes; a spendthrift.

Scattering [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Not united; divided among many; as scattering votes.

Scattering [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Dispersing; spreading thinly; sprinkling.

Scattering [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Going or falling in various directions; not united or aggregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes.

Scattering [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Act of strewing about; something scattered.

Scattering [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Scatteringly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Loosely; in a dispersed manner; thinly; as habitations scatteringly placed over the country.

Scatteringly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a scattering manner; dispersedly.

Scatterling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A vagabond; one that no fixed habitation or residence. [Little used.]

Scatterling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who has no fixed habitation or residence; a vagabond.

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Genesis 10:18

And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,

Genesis 11:4

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

Genesis 11:8

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

Genesis 11:9

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

Exodus 5:12

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

Exodus 32:20

And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.

Leviticus 26:33

And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

Numbers 10:35

And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”

Numbers 16:37

Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.

“Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the censers from the flames and to scatter the coals far away, because the censers are holy.

Deuteronomy 4:27

And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Deuteronomy 28:64

And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

Deuteronomy 30:3

That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.

Deuteronomy 32:26

I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

1 Samuel 11:11

And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.

1 Samuel 13:8

And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.

1 Samuel 13:11

And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;

“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,

1 Samuel 14:16

And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.

Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,

2 Samuel 17:19

And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.

2 Samuel 18:8

For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.