The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
overspreading
present participle of overspread
overspreading (plural overspreadings)
That which spreads over something else.
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
26 October 2024
(adjective) guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; “a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.