Overspreading

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overspread \O`ver*spread"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overspread}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Overspreading}.] [AS. oferspr[=ae]dan.]
     To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the
     earth. --Chaucer.
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           Those nations of the North
           Which overspread the world.              --Drayton.
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