underspreadv.
(under- prefix1 2a(a).)
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the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > (partially) extend beneath
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underlap1866
the world > space > relative position > low position > put in low position [verb (transitive)] > have position under
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underliea1600
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subjoin1703
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1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 131 By that time it grew to be faire day-light, the skie all over was under-spread with a feeling, as it were, of yron harneis.
1857 R. W. Emerson Monadnoc 296 Every morn I lift my head, See New England under~spread.
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