dispread

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dispread - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dispread \Dis*pread"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + spread.]
     To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to
     open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. --Spenser.
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  Dispread \Dis*pread"\, v. i.
     To extend or expand itself. [R.]
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           While tyrant Heat, dispreading through the sky.
                                                    --Thomson.
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dispread - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dispread
      v 1: spread abroad or out; "The sun dispread its beams"