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Meaning of DISPREAD

Pronunciation:  di'spred

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 Definition: [v]  spread abroad or out; "The sun dispread its beams"
 
 See Also: expand, spread out

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Dis*pread"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + spread.]
    To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to
    open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. --Spenser.
    
    
  2. \Dis*pread"\, v. i.
    To extend or expand itself. [R.]
    
          While tyrant Heat, dispreading through the sky.
                                                   --Thomson.
    
    
 

 

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