bespreadEtymologyFrom Middle English bispreden, equivalent to be- + spread. Cognate with Dutch bespreiden, Middle Low German bespreden, bespreiden, German bespreiten.bespread means to spread over; to cover with. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.verbTo spread over; to cover with.“Hither, hither, sweet — / ’Tis a cowslip bed — / Hither, hither, sweet! / 'Tis with dew bespread!”