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English
Etymology
From Middle English bispreden, equivalent to be- + spread. Cognate with Dutch bespreiden, Middle Low German bespreden, bespreiden, German bespreiten.
Verb
bespread (third-person singular simple present bespreads, present participle bespreading, simple past and past participle bespread)
- (transitive) To spread over; to cover with.
- Synonym: overspread
c. 1817, John Keats, Hither, Hither, Love:Hither, hither, sweet — / ’Tis a cowslip bed — / Hither, hither, sweet! / 'Tis with dew bespread!
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