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spread pt., pp. spread stretch so as to display, send out in various directions XII; overlap with; be extended, become diffused XIII. OE. *sprǣdan (in comps. ā-. ġe-. ofer-, tōsprǣdan, and sprǣdung diffusion) = OS. tōspreidan, MLG., MDu. sprēden (Du. sprei(d)en), OHG, spreitan (G. spreiten) :- WGmc. *spraidjan, causative of *sprīdan, repr. by OHG. sprītan be extended.

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