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bespeckle

bespeckle verb: to add speckles.

Verb

bespeckle (third-person singular simple present bespeckles, present participle bespeckling, simple past and past participle bespeckled)

  1. To add speckles.
    • Seen from the air at night, tiny villages bespeckle the Indian landscape with firefly glows.

Forms of bespeckle

third-person singular presentbespeckles
present participlebespeckling
past participlebespeckled
pastbespeckled

Origin of bespeckle

From be- + speckle.

Questions about bespeckle

What does bespeckle mean?
Bespeckle means to add speckles.
What part of speech is bespeckle?
Bespeckle is a verb.
What is the past tense of bespeckle?
The past tense of bespeckle is bespeckled.

Words near bespeckle in the dictionary

  1. bespeakest
  2. bespeaketh
  3. bespeaking
  4. bespeaks
  5. bespeared
  6. bespeckle
  7. bespeckled
  8. bespeckles
  9. bespeckling
  10. bespectacled
  11. besped

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