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sparble

sparble verb: to scatter, disperse.

Verb

sparble (third-person singular simple present sparbles, present participle sparbling, simple past and past participle sparbled)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) to scatter, disperse
    • but after longe fyght, the vyctory fell vnto the erle of Salesbury, and the other lordys vpon his partye, and the kinges hoost was sparbled and chasyd, and many of his noble men slaynec. 1509, Robert Fabyan, The New Chronicles of England and France, reprinted 1811 by Henry Ellis, page 636

Forms of sparble

third-person singular presentsparbles
present participlesparbling
past participlesparbled
pastsparbled

Origin of sparble

From Middle English sparplen, from Anglo-Norman esparpeler (compare Old French esparpeillier).

Questions about sparble

What does sparble mean?
Sparble means to scatter, disperse.
What part of speech is sparble?
Sparble is a verb.
What is the past tense of sparble?
The past tense of sparble is sparbled.

Words near sparble in the dictionary

  1. sparassodonts
  2. sparatoxin
  3. sparatoxins
  4. sparaxis
  5. sparaxises
  6. sparble
  7. sparbled
  8. sparbles
  9. sparbling
  10. sparce
  11. spare

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