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† to-ˈbrede, v. Obs. [OE. tobrǽdan, f. to-2 + brǽdan, brede v.2 So OHG., MHG. zebreiten, Ger. zer-.] a. trans. To spread abroad, extend, make broad. b. intr. To spread, extend itself; to be diffused.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. vii. §2 ᵹif þu þines scipes seᵹl onᵹean þone wind tobrædest. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxiii. 5 Hiᵹ to-brædaþ hyra heals-bec. a1023Wulfstan Hom. x. (Napier) 68 Of ðyson eahta deofles cræftan ealle unþeawas up aspringað and syðþan tobrædað ealles to wide. a1300E.E. Psalter iv. 2 Ife þat drouyng in I ware, Þou tobreddest to me þare. |