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Definition of Outspread
1. Adjective. Fully extended in width. "With arms spread wide"
Definition of Outspread
1. v. t. To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a
Definition of Outspread
1. Verb. (ambitransitive) To spread out; expand; extend. ¹
2. Adjective. extended outward, as one's arms ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outspread
1. [v -SPREAD, -SPREADING, -SPREADS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outspread
Literary usage of Outspread
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... 380 Clutching with outspread fingers at the earth : And Argos with glad shout
dragg'd off her slain, And stripp'd the armour off them, fairly won. ..."
2. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The
cat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall; And, ..."
3. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1878)
"was sometimes represented with the scarabaeus, in lieu of a head, either with
closed or outspread wings ; but his usual form was a human figure with the ..."
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