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† diˈsparple, v. Obs.
Forms: 4 desparple, -perple, 4–7 disparple (4–5 disparpoil(l, -parble, 5 dys-, disperpil, -parbel, -perble, -perbyl, 5–6 disperple, 6 -pearple, 7 -purple). See also disparkle, deperpeyl.
[a. Of. desparpelier, -peillier, -pillier, closely akin to It. sparpagliare, Sp. desparpajar, f. Rom. des- (dis-) + *parpaliāre, f. *parpilio, *parpalio (It. parpaglione, Pr. parpalho butterfly; cf. Cat. papalló), app. a changed form of L. papilio, -ōnem. The same verbal root in its variant forms appears in OF. es-parpillier, mod.F. éparpiller, Cat. es-parpillar, Pr. es-parpalhar: cf. mod.Pr. esfarfalhá, f. farfalla butterfly. In OF. the -ill- belonged orig. to the atonic, the -eill- to the tonic forms, but these were subseq. confused.]
1. trans. To scatter abroad, disperse, drive in different directions; also, to sprinkle.
a1325Prose Psalter xliii[i]. 3 Þyn honde desparplist þe folk, and þou settest hem. 1382Wyclif Mark xiv. 27, I schal smyte the schepherde, and the scheep of the floc schulen be disparplid. 1460J. Capgrave Chron. 1 Thoo [exposiciones] that were disparplied in many sundry bokis, my labour was to bring hem into o body. 1472Sir J. Paston in Paston Lett. No. 692. III. 39 All hys meny ar dysparblyd, every man hys weye. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 56 b/1 Thenne the chyldren were dysperplyd for to gadre chaf. 1613Heywood Silver Age iii. Wks. 1874 III. 144 Their hot, fiery brains Are now dispurpled by Alcides' club. 1615Chapman Odyss. x. 473 Odorous water was Disperpled lightly on my head and neck.
b. To divide.
c. To throw into confusion.
1382Wyclif Mark iii. 25 If an hous be disparpoilid on it silf, thilke hous may not stonde. a1400Prymer (1891) 73 He schal desparple the weyes of synfulmen. 1541Paynel Catiline xix. 35 Discorde alone disparpeleth and turneth up sette downe thynges stronge and myghty.
2. intr. (for refl.) To disperse, move or fly asunder, scatter themselves.
c1400Mandeville (1839) Prol. 4 A Flock of Scheep withouten a schepperde..which departeth and desparpleth. c1450Merlin 196 Noon durste hym a-bide, but disparbled a-brode fro hym as from a wode lyon in rage. 1584Hudson Du Bartas' Judith iv. 339 (D.) Her wav'ring hair disparpling flew apart In seemly shed.
Hence diˈsparpled ppl. a.; diˈsparpling vbl. n.
1494Fabyan Chron. vi. clxxvi. 173 This disparblynge of the cristen hoost. 1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 229 Their transported, disparpled, and sublimated fancies. 1678Phillips, Disparpled or Disperpled, loosly scattered, or shooting it self into divers parts; a term used in Heraldry. |