dispreaddisspreadv.
/dɪˈsprɛd/ archaic.
1. transitive. To spread abroad or out; to extend, expand, dilate, open out.
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the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > spread (something) out or open
abredeeOE
bredeOE
stretcha1000
to-spreada1000
openOE
spreadc1175
displayc1320
to let outc1380
to open outc1384
outspreada1400
spald?a1400
splayc1402
expand?a1475
to lay along1483
speld?a1500
skail1513
to set abroad1526
to lay abroad1530
flarec1550
bespread1557
to set out1573
dispread1590
explaina1600
expanse1600
dispack1605
splat1615
dispand1656
extend1676
flat1709
spelder1710
spreadeagle1829
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D2v Drawne of fayre Pecocks, that excell in pride, And full of Argus eyes their tayles dispredden wide.
1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. Iv Looslie on the grassie greene dispredd.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xii. sig. Y5 Like as a tender Rose..Dispreds the glorie of her leaues gay. View more context for this quotation
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. xl. 9 Baldwine his ensigne faire did next despreed.
1616 E. Sandys in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 80 A vine on wall disspred.
1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxiv. 51 Dispreden farr, Farre as the Terebinth, my branches are.
1714 Solomon's Song in Steele's Poet. Misc. 242 While opening Buds their folded Leaves dis-spread.
1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) xlv. iv Dispread the Victory of thy Cross.
1746 W. Thompson Hymn to May xxii. 15 Have ye not seen..Striding the clouds, a bow dispredden-wide?
1838 E. B. Browning Vision of Poets 203 The lady stood beside his head, Smiling a thought, with hair dispread.
1863 ‘W. Lancaster’ Praeterita 64 The disunited, desolated hands Listless of use and nervelessly disspread.
2. intransitive (for reflexive).
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the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > be spread out
outspreada1425
expand1575
flare1579
to fan out1592
dispread1596
deploy1796
to open out1818
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vii. sig. G5 His face they [his lockes] ouergrew, And ouer all his shoulders did dispred . View more context for this quotation
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. B5 She is the centre from whence all the light Dispreads.
1727 J. Thomson Summer 23 Tyrant Heat, dispreading thro' the Sky, By sharp Degrees.
Derivatives
diˈspread adj.
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the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > spread or diffused > specifically of immaterial things
disperse1393
seminate1575
dispread1642
profligated1700
vulgateda1861
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. L8 Dispread exility Of slyer reasons fails.
1890 Spectator 15 Feb. Prophets descend from the ceiling of the Sistine to become andirons, and their dispread limbs find a motive in the poker and tongs.
diˈspreading n.
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the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > specifically of immaterial things
dilatation1448
propagation1531
dilating1532
enlargement1607
dilationa1631
radiationa1631
dispreadinga1652
factorship1697
rayonnement1910
haemorrhaging1967
a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1821) vii. vi. 361 The dispreadings and distended radiations of his love.
diˈspreader n. one who spreads abroad.
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society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > [noun] > person who
publisherc1453
bruiter1535
dissipater1537
spreader1542
utterer1549
setter-outc1553
disperser1580
seed carrier1602
divulger1606
propagator1610
promulgera1635
dispreader1636
divulgater1637
promulgater1637
diffuser1645
promulgator1648
disseminator1667
circulator1792
vulgarizer1899
forthteller1920
vulgarisateur1933
1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica ii. 15 Joseph of Arimathea..a great dispreader of the Gospel.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 14 Dispredders both of vice and error.
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