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forspread

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From Middle English forspreden, equivalent to for- + spread. Cognate with Dutch verspreiden (“to spread, disseminate, distribute”).

verb forspreads · forspreading · forspread · forsprede

  1. ambitransitive, dialectal To spread; extend. Or ever with me the maw of the sepulchre fed becometh, Or e'er in the dust each part of my frame forspread becometh, […]
  2. ambitransitive To diffuse

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@misc{forspread_2026,
  title = {forspread},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forspread},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}