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DISPREAD
dispread
(verb) spread abroad or out; “The sun dispread its beams”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
dispread (third-person singular simple present dispreads, present participle dispreading, simple past and past participle dispreaded)
(archaic, rare) To spread out, to extend.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*pread", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + spread.]
Definition: To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. Spenser.
Dis*pread", v. i.
Definition: To extend or expand itself. [R.] While tyrant Hdispreading through the sky. Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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