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bespray

bespray verb: to spray on; spray all over; besprinkle, bespatter.

Verb

bespray (third-person singular simple present besprays, present participle bespraying, simple past and past participle besprayed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To spray on; spray all over; besprinkle, bespatter.
    • In the heart of the rude Mountains shines the graceful seeming-boy, encircled with toppling cliffs, besprayed with cataracts, in the middle of a motley horde.1858, Thomas Carlyle, Meister's Travels
    • Her limbs are roseate, and a sparkling dew
      Besprays her symmetry, as from the sea […]1881, Richard H. Horne, Bible Tragedies, page 30

Forms of bespray

third-person singular presentbesprays
present participlebespraying
past participlebesprayed
pastbesprayed

Origin of bespray

From be- (“on, upon, all over”) + spray.

Questions about bespray

What does bespray mean?
Bespray means to spray on; spray all over; besprinkle, bespatter.
What part of speech is bespray?
Bespray is a verb.
What is the past tense of bespray?
The past tense of bespray is besprayed.

Words near bespray in the dictionary

  1. bespousing
  2. bespout
  3. bespouted
  4. bespouting
  5. bespouts
  6. bespray
  7. besprayed
  8. bespraying
  9. besprays
  10. bespread
  11. bespreading

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