"overspread" meaning in English

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          "text": "those nations of the North which overspread the world",
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          "text": "Lady Bellaston fixed her eyes on Sophia whilst she spoke these words. To which that poor young lady, having her face overspread with blushes and confusion, answered, in a stammering voice […]",
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          "text": "So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky,\nThey cannot see the sun on high:\nThe wind hath blown a gale all day;\nAt evening it hath died away.",
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          "text": "Deliberately, and with a peculiar quivering smile, that seemed to overspread her whole body, she put her mouth on his.",
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        "(transitive) To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun."
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        "To be spread or scattered about."
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        "(intransitive) To be spread or scattered about."
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