Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overspread"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overspread \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overspread \O`ver*spread"\, v. i.
To be spread or scattered over.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overspread
v : spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the
water" [syn: {spread}]
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