overspread

verb /əʊvəˈspɹɛd/

1. To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.

   transitive

   those nations of the North which overspread the world

2. To be spread or scattered about.

   intransitive

Where it comes from

From Middle English overspreden, from Old English ofersprǣdan; equivalent to over- + spread. Cognate with Dutch overspreiden (“to overspread”), German überspreiten (“to overspread”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry overspread (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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