"despread" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: despreads [present, singular, third-person], despreading [participle, present], despread [participle, past], despread [past]
Etymology: From de- + spread. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|spread}} de- + spread Head templates: {{en-verb|despreads|despreading|despread}} despread (third-person singular simple present despreads, present participle despreading, simple past and past participle despread)
  1. To recombine radio signals that have been spread or distributed.
    Sense id: en-despread-en-verb-Yj9DkzcU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: despreads [present, singular, third-person], despreading [participle, present], despreaded [participle, past], despreaded [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} despread (third-person singular simple present despreads, present participle despreading, simple past and past participle despreaded)
  1. Alternative form of dispread Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dispread
    Sense id: en-despread-en-verb-mLRevRcg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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