overspread

== English == === Alternative forms === o'erspread (literary contraction) === Etymology === From Middle English overspreden, from Old English ofersprǣdan; equivalent to over- +‎ spread. Cognate with Dutch overspreiden (“to overspread”), German überspreiten (“to overspread”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əʊvəˈspɹɛd/ === Verb === overspread (third-person singular simple present overspreads, present participle overspreading, simple past and past participle overspread) (transitive) To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun. Synonym: bespread (intransitive) To be spread or scattered about. (Can we add an example for this sense?) === Anagrams === spreadover