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sparsed

sparsed is the simple past and past participle of sparse.

Meaning of sparse

Verb

sparse (third-person singular simple present sparses, present participle sparsing, simple past and past participle sparsed)

  1. (obsolete) To disperse, to scatter.
    • They began properly to ſparſe pretye rumours in the North, that no man ſhulde eate whyte breade, no man eate pygge, gooſe, or capon, without he agreed before with the kynge.1536, [Richard Morison], A Remedy for Sedition, London: […] Thomae Bertheleti […], →OCLC, signature F. i.

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Questions about sparsed

What is sparsed the simple past and past participle of?
Sparsed is the simple past and past participle of sparse.

Words near sparsed in the dictionary

  1. sparse
  2. sparse array
  3. sparse arrays
  4. sparse table
  5. sparse tables
  6. sparsed
  7. sparsedly
  8. sparsely
  9. sparsen
  10. sparsened
  11. sparseness

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