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sparbling

sparbling is the present participle and gerund of sparble.

Meaning of sparble

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

Questions about sparbling

What is sparbling the present participle and gerund of?
Sparbling is the present participle and gerund of sparble.

Words near sparbling in the dictionary

  1. sparaxis
  2. sparaxises
  3. sparble
  4. sparbled
  5. sparbles
  6. sparbling
  7. sparce
  8. spare
  9. spare a thought for
  10. spare ball
  11. spare balls

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