Meaning of overspread | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
   transitive
2. To be spread or scattered about.
   intransitive

Examples

“those nations of the North which overspread the world”

“Lady Bellaston fixed her eyes on Sophia whilst she spoke these words. To which that poor young lady, having her face overspread with blushes and confusion, answered, in a stammering voice […]”

“So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky, They cannot see the sun on high: The wind hath blown a gale all day; At evening it hath died away.”

“Deliberately, and with a peculiar quivering smile, that seemed to overspread her whole body, she put her mouth on his.”

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