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
Laud not long hair, except it be dispread, ii.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
A great light shone in the eyes of one maiden, who turned and walked slowly away, with her purple and white wings half dispread behind her.
From Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by George MacDonald
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 Montrose Jonas Moses
He replied, "Yes, by Him who raised the heavens and dispread the earth upon the waters, I will indeed keep faith and troth!"
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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