Meaning of OVERSPREAD
| Pronunciation: | | `owvur'spred
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| | Definition: | | [v] spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the water" |
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| | Synonyms: | | spread |
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| | See Also: | | cover, extend, transgress | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\O`ver*spread"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overspread}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overspreading}.] [AS. oferspr[=ae]dan.]
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.
To be spread or scattered over.
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