bespread

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verb

To spread over; to cover with.

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overspread
OriginMiddle English bispreden →
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Meanings

verbbespread (third-person singular simple present bespreads, present participle bespreading, simple past and past participle bespread)

present singular third person bespreads · participle present bespreading

  1. transitiveTo 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

    Synonyms: overspread

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo spread over; to cover with.

Similar
overspread
Also see
overgooverspread

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbispreden
  2. Englishbespread

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

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APA

bespread. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bespread

MLA

“bespread.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bespread. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bespread,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bespread.

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