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語源

From Middle English forspreden, equivalent to for- +‎ spread. Cognate with Dutch verspreiden (“to spread, disseminate, distribute”).

動詞

forspread (三人称単数 現在形 forspreads, 現在分詞 forspreading, 過去形および過去分詞形 forspread)

1. (transitive, intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To spread; extend.
   • 1898, Omar Khayyam, John Payne, Villon Society, The quatrains of Omar Kheyyam of Nishapour:

     Or ever with me the maw of the sepulchre fed becometh, Or e'er in the dust each part of my frame forspread becometh, […]

2. (transitive, intransitive) To diffuse