aspersed
aspersed is the simple past and past participle of asperse.
Meaning of asperse
Verb
asperse (third-person singular simple present asperses, present participle aspersing, simple past and past participle aspersed)
- To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
- a hand in San Marco's font / aspersed him with foul canal water2004, Derek Walcott, The Prodigal, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, page 102
- To falsely or maliciously charge someone.
- It hath always been my way to baffle reproach with silence; though I cannot but observe the disingenuous proceedings of this gentleman, who is not content to asperse my writings, but hath wounded, through my sides, those eminent and worthy citizens, Mr. John Morphew, and Mr. Bernard Lintot.1710 April 28 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [pseudonym; Joseph Addison; Richard Steele], “Monday, April 18, 1710”, in The Tatler, number 160; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The...
Adjective
aspersed (comparative more aspersed, superlative most aspersed)
- Having a number of small charges scattered over the surface; semé.
- Coat of arms in the left-hand bottom corner, a lion or rampant in a field gules, aspersed with billets or. Purchased in Flanders from the subject's descendant, who would not part with the picture until he had cut out the coat[…]1891, William Stirling Maxwell, Annals of the Artists of Spain
- The arms of the Counts-Dukes of Benavente have a shield quarterly, or a three bands gules and sinople a five escallops argent aspersed, and bordure compony with the arms of Castile and León.2012 October 3, Eduardo de J. Douglas, In the Palace of Nezahualcoyotl: Painting Manuscripts, Writing the Pre-Hispanic Past in Early Colonial Period Tetzcoco, Mexico, University of Texas Press...
Forms of aspersed
| comparative | more aspersed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most aspersed |
Questions about aspersed
- What does aspersed mean?
- Aspersed means having a number of small charges scattered over the surface; semé.
- What is aspersed the simple past and past participle of?
- Aspersed is the simple past and past participle of asperse.
- What part of speech is aspersed?
- Aspersed is an adjective.
Words near aspersed in the dictionary
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