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presprinkle

presprinkle verb: to sprinkle in advance.

Verb

presprinkle (third-person singular simple present presprinkles, present participle presprinkling, simple past and past participle presprinkled)

  1. (transitive) To sprinkle in advance.
    • Presprinkling the seed tubers three days before treatment did not increase the effectiveness of corrosive sublimate in the control of either scab or Rhizoctonia, nor that of cold formalin for scab control.1931, United States. Office of Experiment Stations, United States. Agricultural Research Service, Experiment Station Record, volume 64, page 234

Forms of presprinkle

third-person singular presentpresprinkles
present participlepresprinkling
past participlepresprinkled
pastpresprinkled

Origin of presprinkle

From pre- + sprinkle.

Questions about presprinkle

What does presprinkle mean?
Presprinkle means to sprinkle in advance.
What part of speech is presprinkle?
Presprinkle is a verb.
What is the past tense of presprinkle?
The past tense of presprinkle is presprinkled.

Words near presprinkle in the dictionary

  1. presporogonic
  2. presporulation
  3. prespotted
  4. presprayed
  5. prespring
  6. presprinkle
  7. presprinkled
  8. presprinkles
  9. presprinkling
  10. prespun
  11. presqualene

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