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bespraying

bespraying is the present participle of bespray.

Meaning of bespray

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

Questions about bespraying

What is bespraying the present participle of?
Bespraying is the present participle of bespray.

Words near bespraying in the dictionary

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

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