"forspread" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: forspreads [present, singular, third-person], forspreading [participle, present], forspread [participle, past], forspread [past]
Etymology: From Middle English forspreden, equivalent to for- + spread. Cognate with Dutch verspreiden (“to spread, disseminate, distribute”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forspreden}} Middle English forspreden, {{prefix|en|for|spread}} for- + spread, {{cog|nl|verspreiden||to spread, disseminate, distribute}} Dutch verspreiden (“to spread, disseminate, distribute”) Head templates: {{en-verb|forspreads|forspreading|forspread}} forspread (third-person singular simple present forspreads, present participle forspreading, simple past and past participle forspread)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To spread; extend. Tags: dialectal, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-forspread-en-verb-YcpCIYNs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To diffuse Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-forspread-en-verb-D2UUGfzT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forsprede
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