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Forspread
verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To spread; extend. ambitransitive, dialectal
"Or ever with me the maw of the sepulchre fed becometh, Or e'er in the dust each part of my frame forspread becometh, […]"
- 2 To diffuse ambitransitive
Etymology
From Middle English forspreden, equivalent to for- + spread. Cognate with Dutch verspreiden (“to spread, disseminate, distribute”).
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