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
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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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 MacDonald, George
He did as he was bidden and the witnesses bore testimony thereto and to the dowry being duly paid; and the tie was formally tied and the wedding banquets were dispread.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Had we known of thy coming we fain had dispread, i.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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