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resperse

/ɹɪˈspɜː(ɹ)s/

resperse verb: to sprinkle; to scatter.

Verb

resperse (third-person singular simple present resperses, present participle respersing, simple past and past participle respersed)

  1. (obsolete) To sprinkle; to scatter.
    • virtues respersed in the several parts of this book1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC

Forms of resperse

third-person singular presentresperses
present participlerespersing
past participlerespersed
pastrespersed

Origin of resperse

From Latin respersus, past participle of respergere; prefix re- (“re-”) + spargere (“to strew, sprinkle”).

Questions about resperse

What does resperse mean?
Resperse means to sprinkle; to scatter.
What part of speech is resperse?
Resperse is a verb.
How do you pronounce resperse?
Resperse is pronounced /ɹɪˈspɜː(ɹ)s/.
What is the past tense of resperse?
The past tense of resperse is respersed.

Words near resperse in the dictionary

  1. respelt
  2. respend
  3. respending
  4. respends
  5. respent
  6. resperse
  7. respersed
  8. resperses
  9. respersing
  10. respersion
  11. respersions

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