English

Alternative forms

• forsprede

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To spread; extend.
   • 1898, Omar Khayyam, John Payne, Villon Society, The quatrains of Omar Kheyyam of Nishapour:

     Or ever with me the maw of the sepulchre fed becometh, Or e'er in the dust each part of my frame forspread becometh, [...]

2. (transitive, intransitive) To diffuse