n. A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The carpet which bespread
His rich pavilion's floor. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Widespread. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Spreading widely. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. See Dispread. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. dis- + spread. ] To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open;
v. i. To extend or expand itself. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
While tyrant Heat, dispreading through the sky. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who spreads abroad. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dispreaders both of vice and error. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To surpass in preaching. [ 1913 Webster ]
And for a villain's quick conversion
A pillory can outpreach a parson. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a past part. or adj. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To be spread or scattered over. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Those nations of the North
Which overspread the world. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Previous accusation. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. & n. Press. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
How shall they preach, except they be sent? Rom. x. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
From that time Jesus began to preach. Matt. iv. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
That Cristes gospel truly wolde preche. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. Isa. lxi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
My master preaches patience to him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To preach down,
To preach up,
n. [ Cf. F. prêche, fr. prêcher. See Preach, v. ] A religious discourse. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. preeschierre, prescheur, F. prêcheur, L. praedicator. ]
How shall they hear without a preacher? Rom. x. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
No preacher is listened to but Time. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Preacher bird (Zool.),
n. The office of a preacher. “The preachership of the Rolls.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Preach + -fy. ] To discourse in the manner of a preacher. [ Colloq. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice. Milner. [ 1913 Webster ]
Preaching cross,
Preaching friars.
n.;
n. A religious harangue; a sermon; -- used derogatively. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To acquaint previously or beforehand. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Previous acquaintance or knowledge. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To act beforehand; to perform previously. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Previous action. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Prior to Adam. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. préadamite. ]
a. Existing or occurring before Adam; preadamic;
n. Previous adjustment. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Previous administration. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Lit., previous admission;
v. t. To admonish previously. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To advertise beforehand; to preannounce publicly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. praeambulum, from L. praeambulus walking before, fr. praeambulare to walk before; prae before + ambulare to walk: cf. F. préambule. See Amble. ] A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a statute, which states the reasons and intent of the law. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. To make a preamble to; to preface; to serve as a preamble. [ R. ] Feltham. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. OF. preambulaire. ] Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory; contained or provided for in a preamble. “A preambulary tax.” [ R. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ L. praeambulare. See Preamble. ] To walk before. [ R. ] Jordan. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Preceding; going before; introductory. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Simon Magus had preambulatory impieties. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Preamble, n. ] See Perambulatory. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To announce beforehand. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Being or indicating the fourth syllable from the end of a word, or that before the antepenult. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) In front, or on the ventral side, of the aorta. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To appoint previously, or beforehand. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Previous appointment. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To forearm. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]