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forspread en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English forspreden, equivalent to for- + spread. Cognate with Dutch verspreiden (“to spread, disseminate, distribute”).

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive, dialectal) To spread; extend.
    • Or ever with me the maw of the sepulchre fed becometh, Or e'er in the dust each part of my frame forspread becometh, […] 1898, Omar Khayyam, John Payne, Villon Society, The quatrains of Omar Kheyyam of Nishapour:
  2. (ambitransitive) To diffuse

Forms

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forsprede alternative lexicographic
forspreads Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
forspreading Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
forspread Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
forspread Tense=Past lexicographic