† to-bredev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To spread abroad, extend, make broad.
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c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. vii. §2 gif þu þines scipes segl ongean þone wind tobrædest.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxiii. 5 Hig to-brædaþ hyra heals-bec.
2. intransitive. To spread, extend itself; to be diffused.
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the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (intransitive)] > of immaterial things
aspringc1000
to-bredea1023
spread?c1225
rangec1450
disperse1605
disseminate1803
percolate1854
haemorrhage1935
a1023 Wulfstan Homilies x. 68 Of ðyson eahta deofles cræftan ealle unþeawas up aspringað and syðþan tobrædað ealles to wide.
a1300 E.E. Psalter iv. 2 Ife þat drouyng in I ware, Þou tobreddest to me þare.
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