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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bespread en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English bispreden, equivalent to be- + spread. Cognate with Dutch bespreiden, Middle Low German bespreden, bespreiden, German bespreiten.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To spread over; to cover with.
    • Hither, hither, sweet — / ’Tis a cowslip bed — / Hither, hither, sweet! / 'Tis with dew bespread! c. 1817, John Keats, Hither, Hither, Love:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bespread Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bespread Tense=Past lexicographic
bespreading Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bespreads Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

overspread