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Definition of Overspreading
1. overspread [v] - See also: overspread
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overspreading
Literary usage of Overspreading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... humidity of the climates of southern Europe which they owe to the Mediterranean.
bv t large area of comparatively !ow pressure overspreading the It is ..."
2. A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos, of Earthquakes, and of Thermal by Charles Daubeny (1848)
"... structure—2ndly, from the existence of domes of trachyte—3rdly, from the
continuous sheets of volcanic matter overspreading large districts—4thly, ..."
3. Female Education: Its Importance, Design, and Nature Considered by Barbara H. Farquhar (1851)
"... and its waves rising and overspreading, undermining and overwhelming every
barrier, had irrigated and fertilised the moral deserts of the world. ..."
4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1861)
"Has this force any connexion with the overspreading of the Mare with its plain-like
covering? Assuming for a moment that such is the case, we do not know ..."
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