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forspread

forspread verb: to spread; extend.

Verb

forspread (third-person singular simple present forspreads, present participle forspreading, simple past and past participle forspread)

  1. (ambitransitive, dialectal) To spread; extend.
    • 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
  2. (ambitransitive) To diffuse

Forms of forspread

third-person singular presentforspreads
present participleforspreading
past participleforspread
pastforspread
alternative formforsprede

Origin of forspread

From Middle English forspreden, equivalent to for- + spread. Cognate with Dutch verspreiden (“to spread, disseminate, distribute”).

Questions about forspread

What does forspread mean?
Forspread means to spread; extend.
What part of speech is forspread?
Forspread is a verb.
What is the past tense of forspread?
The past tense of forspread is forspread.

Words near forspread in the dictionary

  1. forspilled
  2. forspilling
  3. forspills
  4. forspoke
  5. forspoken
  6. forspread
  7. Forssman
  8. Forssmans
  9. Forst
  10. forsta
  11. forstaa

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