v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Disseminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseminating. ] [ L. disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- + seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary. ] 1. to spread around widely; to sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spread or extend by dispersion. [ 1913 Webster ]

A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth. Woodward.

Syn. -- To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse; scatter. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. (Min.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance; scattered widely. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. serving to diffuse, disseminate, or disperse.
Syn. -- diffusing(prenominal), diffusive, dispersive, disseminative, scattering, spreading. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. disseminatio: cf. F. dissémination. ] The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The universal dissemination of those writings. Wayland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated. [ 1913 Webster ]

The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. inseminatus, p. p. of inseminare to sow. See Seminate. ] 1. To sow seed into. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sow seed into; to impregnate. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To implant in, as if sowing seed; as, to inseminate one's children with one's own prejudices; -- used mostly of ideas or attitudes.. [ PJC ]

adj. same as fertilized, 1.
Syn. -- fertilized, impregnated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A sowing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. interseminatus, p. p. of interseminare. See Inter-, and Seminate. ] To sow between or among. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. proseminare, proseminatum, to disseminate. ] Propagation by seed. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. pref. re- again + seminatus, p. p. of seminare to sow. ] To produce again by means of seed. [ Obs. ] Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. seminalis, fr. semen, seminis, seed, akin to serere to sow: cf. F. seminal. See Sow to scatter seed. ] 1. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contained in seed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: Holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; serving as a source, or first principle; giving rise to related ideas or results; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue; a seminal discovery. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seminal leaf (Bot.), a seed leaf, or cotyleden. --
Seminal receptacle. (Zool.) Same as Spermatheca. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A seed. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being seminal. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. See Seminary, n. ] A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; -- formerly called also seminary, now seldom used in this sense. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. séminariste. ] A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Seminaries [ L. seminarium, fr. seminarius belonging to seed, fr. semon, seminis, seed. See Seminal. ] 1. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat. [ Obs. ] Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

But if you draw them [ seedling ] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. [ Obs. ] Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Seminal state. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. seminarius. ] Belonging to seed; seminal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Seminated p. pr. & vb. n. Seminating. ] [ L. seminatus, p. p. of seminare to sow, fr. semen, seminis, seed. ] To sow; to spread; to propagate. [ R. ] Waterhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. seminatio: cf. F. sémination. ] 1. The act of sowing or spreading. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Natural dispersion of seeds. Martyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To sow, as seed, over something previously sown. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That can not be done with joy, when it shall be indifferent to any man to superseminate what he please. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The sowing of seed over seed previously sown. [ Obs. ] Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See 1st Un-, and Semen. ] Deprived of virility, or seminal energy; made a eunuch. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]