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besprenging

besprenging is the present participle and gerund of besprenge.

Meaning of besprenge

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...

Questions about besprenging

What is besprenging the present participle and gerund of?
Besprenging is the present participle and gerund of besprenge.

Words near besprenging in the dictionary

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

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