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répandre

/ʁe.pɑ̃dʁ/

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verb/ʁe.pɑ̃dʁ/

to spill, scatter; to spread; to shed (tears); to give off, give out (a smell etc.); to spread, to propagate

Comme un doux léopard elle est souple, et répand / Ses cheveux dénoués aux pieds de son amant. Like a gentle leopard she is supple, and spreads her unfastened hair around her lover's feet. — Alfred de Vigny, ‘La Colère de Samson’

From re- + épandre. Compare Romanian răspândire.