Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dispread

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-pread
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To spread out, to extend.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"In widest Ocean she her throne does reare, / That ouer all the earth it may be seene; / As morning Sunne her beames dispredden cleare [...]."
"her dark hair was dispread, Like the pine’s locks upon the lingering blast; Over mine eyes its shadowy strings it spread Fitfully, and the hills and streams fled fast, As o’er their glimmering forms the steed’s broad shadow past; […]"
"The lamp which ultimately was sure to be lifted up to illumine the acts of this secretive race began slowly to dispread its rays …"

Etymology

From dis- + spread.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dis

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

dispreads (present, singular) dispreading (participle, present) dispreaded (participle, past) dispreaded (past)

Derived Forms

dispreader

Questions

What does dispread mean?: To spread out, to extend.
Where does dispread come from?: From dis- + spread.

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