OVERSPREAD
spread, overspread
(verb) spread across or over; “A big oil spot spread across the water”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overspread (third-person singular simple present overspreads, present participle overspreading, simple past and past participle overspread)
(transitive) To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
Synonym: bespread
(intransitive) To be spread or scattered about.
Anagrams
• spreadover
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*spread", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overspread; p. pr. & vb. n.
Overspreading.] Etym: [AS. oferspr.]
Definition: To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth.
Chaucer.
Those nations of the North Which overspread the world. Drayton.
O`ver*spread", v. i.
Definition: To be spread or scattered over.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition