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▪ I. outspread, n.|ˈaʊtsprɛd|
[out- 7.]
1. The action of spreading out; expansion.
1841J. C. Calhoun Wks. III. 604 The rapid and wide outspread after game, pasturage, or choice spots on which to settle down. 1848R. I. Wilberforce Doct. Incarnation v. (1852) 96 That mighty outspread of the Fourth Empire.
2. concr. An expanse or expansion.
1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh vii. 291 Pushing wide Rich outspreads of the vineyards and the corn. 1895A. I. McConnochie Deeside viii. (ed. 2) 89 Formerly the haugh..at this point was but a barren out-spread of the Tanner.
▪ II. ˈoutspread, ppl. a.
[out- 11.]
Spread out or abroad; expanded, extended; diffused abroad.
1695J. Edwards Perfect. Script. 326 This expansum is the..out-spread firmament. 1743J. Davidson æneid vii. 181 On the outspread skins. 1858Kingsley Saint Maura 19 And plead..with outspread arms.
▪ III. outspread, v.|aʊtˈsprɛd|
[out- 15, 18.]
1. trans. To spread out; to stretch out, expand, extend.
a1340Hampole Psalter xliii. 22 If we outsprede our hend til alien god. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 109 It ys a dispytous Instrument, þat outspredys it in many maners. 1600Fairfax Tasso xiii. lxv, Scorching sunne so hot his beames outspreeds. 1820Keats Hyperion i. 287 Their plumes immense Rose, one by one, till all outspreaded were. 1885H. M. Stanley Congo xxvi. II. 6 That white-collared fish eagle out-spreading his wings for flight.
†2. To exceed in expanse. Obs.
1650Fuller Pisgah iii. ix. 338 Grant the King's Palace outspread the Temple in greatness.
3. intr. To spread out, extend itself.
1906Westm. Gaz. 26 June 2/3 Each young branch, out⁓spreading in the sun, Reflects in shadow on the sod below. 1925[see asile]. |