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Webster 1913 Edition

Overspread

Oˊver-spread′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Overspread
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Overspreading
.]
[AS.
ofersprǣdan
.]
To spread over; to cover;
as, the deluge
overspread
the earth
.
Chaucer.
Those nations of the North
Which
overspread
the world.
Drayton.

Oˊver-spread′

,
Verb.
I.
To be spread or scattered over.

Webster 1828 Edition

Overspread

OVERSPREAD

,
Verb.
T.
overspred'.
1.
To spread over; to cover over. The deluge overspread the earth.
2.
To scatter over.

OVERSPREAD

,
Verb.
I.
overspred'. To be spread or scattered over; as, weeds overspread the ground.

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