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Pronunciation : Sparse
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. sparsus, p.p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. Asperse, Disperse.]
Definition : 1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population. Carlyle.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.
[Compar. Sparser; superl. Sparsest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Sparse
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. sparsus, p.p. of spargere to scatter.]
Definition : Defn: To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] Spenser.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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