forespread

forespread verb: to spread before; spread in front of; spread in advance of.

Verb

forespread (third-person singular simple present forespreads, present participle forespreading, simple past and past participle forespread)

(ambitransitive, rare) To spread before; spread in front of; spread in advance of.
- Perchance their course might be in well measured bounds forespread for good.1910, John. H. Brownell, Arthur Maurice Smith, Joseph E. Morcombe, The American Tyler-keystone
- This is Bridgewallace Avenue and I don't see any time for such waddle, forespreading backspraddlers, human agent culls. The one responsible for all this is making late. He's already here but we don't see him. He's under the water stool.2000, Clark Coolidge, Alien Tatters

forespread (plural not attested)

(no plural, rare) That which is spread or laid out before.
- There is the problem with the blandishments of a succulent forespread: Will we stay on for fish, meat, or fowl, or shall we make a do-it-yourself meal from tidbits, and let the gustatory harbingers take the hindmost?1968, John Baillie, Lucius Hatfield Bugbee, Charles Kendall Gilbert, Religion in Life

third-person singular present	forespreads
present participle	forespreading
past participle	forespread
past	forespread

From fore- + spread.

What does forespread mean?: Forespread means to spread before; spread in front of; spread in advance of.
What part of speech is forespread?: Forespread can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of forespread?: The past tense of forespread is forespread.

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