Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
spread abroad or out;
- Example: "The sun dispread its beams"
The 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dispread
v 1: spread abroad or out; "The sun dispread its beams"