O`ver*spread" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overspread; p. pr. & vb. n. Overspreading.] [AS. ofersprdan.]
To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth.
Chaucer.
Those nations of the North
Which overspread the world.
Drayton.
© Webster 1913.
O`ver*spread", v. i.
To be spread or scattered over.
© Webster 1913.