v. Obs. [OE. tobrǽdan, f. TO-2 + brǽdan, BREDE v.2 So OHG., MHG. zebreiten, Ger. zer-] a. trans. To spread abroad, extend, make broad. b. intr. To spread, extend itself; to be diffused.

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c. 888.  K. Ælfred, Boeth., vii. § 2. ʓif þu þines scipes seʓl onʓean þone wind tobrædest.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Matt. xxiii. 5. Hiʓ to-brædaþ hyra heals-bec.

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a. 1023.  Wulfstan, Hom., x. (Napier), 68. Of ðyson eahta deofles cræftan ealle unþeawas up aspringað and syðþan tobrædað ealles to wide.

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a. 1300.  E. E. Psalter iv. 2. Ife þat drouyng in I ware, Þou tobreddest to me þare.

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