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bespread
[ bih-spred ]
verb (used with object)
- to spread over (a surface); cover (usually followed by with ):
a table bespread with fine linens.
bespread
/ bɪˈsprɛd /
verb
- tr to cover (a surface) with something
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The carpet which bespread His rich pavilion's floor.
II Then many a prowest champion disarm'd his lofty head; Down sat they on the corpses, that wide the floor bespread, And lay in blood before them as by their hands they died; Close still by Hate and Vengeance the noble guests were spied.
Bespread, be-spred′, v.t. to spread over: to cover:—pr.p. bespread′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. bespread′.
Better than life, better than sea and morn, And all the sun-stained fragments of the day— Ah! more than breeze, than purple clouds that stray Across dim twilights—I, the tempest-torn, Fighting the stars for glory, who must scorn Heart-drops bespread along love’s cruel way Like scattered petals on the breast of May— Better than life I love you, I forlorn.
The greater part of my way lay near the sea shore, which was bespread with the wrecks of vessels.
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