forspread
English
Alternative forms
- forsprede
Etymology
From Middle English forspreden, equivalent to for- + spread. Cognate with Dutch verspreiden (“to spread, disseminate, distribute”).
Verb
forspread (third-person singular simple present forspreads, present participle forspreading, simple past and past participle forspread)
- (transitive, intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To spread; extend.
- 1898, Omar Khayyam, John Payne, Villon Society, The quatrains of Omar Kheyyam of Nishapour:
- 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:
- (transitive, intransitive) To diffuse