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overspreading |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overspread \O`ver*spread"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overspread}; p. pr & vb n. {Overspreading}.] [AS. oferspr[=ae]dan.] To spread over to cover; as the deluge overspread the earth. --Chaucer. Those nations of the North Which overspread the world. --Drayton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: overspreading adj : above or covering a wide area; "the covering darkness"; "shadow of the overhanging crag"; "the dark overspreading clouds" [syn: {covering}, {overhanging}]
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