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bespread

[ bih-spred ]

verb (used with object)

, be·spread, be·spread·ing.
  1. to spread over (a surface); cover (usually followed by with ):

    a table bespread with fine linens.



bespread

/ bɪˈsprɛd /

verb

  1. tr to cover (a surface) with something
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bespread1

First recorded in 1350–1400, bespread is from the Middle English word bespreden. See be-, spread
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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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