forspread

English

Alternative forms
  • forsprede

Etymology

From Middle English forspreden, equivalent to for- +‎ spread. Cognate with Dutch verspreiden (“to spread, disseminate, distribute”).

Verb

forspread (third-person singular simple present forspreads, present participle forspreading, simple past and past participle forspread)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To spread; extend.
    • 1898, Omar Khayyam, John Payne, Villon Society, The quatrains of Omar Kheyyam of Nishapour:
      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. (transitive, intransitive) To diffuse
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