bespread

verb

bespread

verb

Etymology From Middle English bispreden, equivalent to be- + spread. Cognate with Dutch bespreiden, Middle Low German bespreden, bespreiden, German bespreiten.

To spread over; to cover with.

Hither, hither, sweet — / ’Tis a cowslip bed — / Hither, hither, sweet! / 'Tis with dew bespread!c. 1817, John Keats, Hither, Hither, Love:

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