overspread

Etymology

From Middle English overspreden, from Old English ofersprǣdan; equivalent to over- + spread. Cognate with Dutch overspreiden (“to overspread”), German überspreiten (“to overspread”).

verb

  1. (transitive) To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
    So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky, They cannot see the sun on high: The wind hath blown a gale all day; At evening it hath died away. 1802, Robert Southey, The Inchcape Rock
  2. (intransitive) To be spread or scattered about.

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