1. (a.) Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there\; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.

2. (superl.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.

3. (v. t.) To scatter; to disperse.

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