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besprenge

/bɪˈspɹɛnd͡ʒ/

besprenge verb: to sprinkle or scatter.

Verb

besprenge (third-person singular simple present besprenges, present participle besprenging, simple past and past participle besprent)

  1. (obsolete except as past participle adjective) To sprinkle or scatter.
    • [T]here vvas brought unto him an horſe named Babylonius, vvhich happening to be ſore vexed vvith a ſuddaine gripe or vvring in his belly, fell dovvne, and vvhiles hee vvas not able to endure the paine, vvallovveth along, and happeneth to beſprent his capariſon and ornaments richly garniſhed vvith...1609, Ammianus Marcellinus, “[The XXIII. Booke.] Chapter II. Being Departed out of Antioch, He was Troubled and Haunted with Strange Signes and Dreames: But afterwards Comforted againe by Sundrie...
    • His placidity was fully restored by the appearance of the steaming dishes, with their burden of canary-yellow besprent with green, which dispersed a mild warm fragrance of eggs and butter upon the air.1927, H.T. Lowe-Porter, translation of Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain, Knopf 1946 [1927], p. 564

Forms of besprenge

third-person singular presentbesprenges
present participlebesprenging
past participlebesprent
pastbesprent
alternative formbespreng

Origin of besprenge

From Middle English besprengen, from Old English besprenġan, equivalent to be- (“about; all over”) + springe (“to sprinkle”).

Words formed from besprenge

Questions about besprenge

What does besprenge mean?
Besprenge means to sprinkle or scatter.
What part of speech is besprenge?
Besprenge is a verb.
How do you pronounce besprenge?
Besprenge is pronounced /bɪˈspɹɛnd͡ʒ/.
What is the past tense of besprenge?
The past tense of besprenge is besprent.

Words near besprenge in the dictionary

  1. besprays
  2. bespread
  3. bespreading
  4. bespreads
  5. bespredel
  6. besprenge
  7. besprenges
  8. besprenging
  9. besprent
  10. besprinckled
  11. besprinkle

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