dispread
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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The little girl's face, "like peony dispread", seems almost rapacious.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2011
Ghayth al-Hátíl = incessant rain of small drops and widely dispread.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
There are some human thoughts Best left imprisoned in the aching heart, Lest the freed malefactors should dispread Infamous ruin with their liberty.
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini by Moses, Montrose Jonas
"And what dost thou say concerning the Earth?"—"It is wide dispread in length and breadth."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
The heat oppressed me more and more, making my forehead perspire and the drops trickled along my cheeks; but I could not wipe my face with my kerchief because it was dispread under me.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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