Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overspreading

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-spread-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of overspread

noun

That which spreads over something else.

adj

Rampant; encroaching.

Example Sentences

"But supposing that heaven had a Lord, then all included in its overspreadings and supportings, throughout the myriad of states, and within the four seas, would invariably be under the government of Heaven's Lord […]"
"The third part of practice hath divers branches, but one principal root in these our times, which is the vast and overspreading ambition and usurpation of the see of Rome; […]"

Inflected Forms

overspreadings (plural) more overspreading (comparative) most overspreading (superlative)

Questions

What does overspreading mean?: present participle and gerund of overspread

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