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springe

/spɹɪnd͡ʒ/

springe verb: to sprinkle; to scatter.

Verb (1)

springe (third-person singular simple present springes, present participle springing or springeing, simple past and past participle springed)

  1. (obsolete) To sprinkle; to scatter.

Noun

springe (plural springes)

  1. (obsolete) A snare.
    • Ay, springes to catch woodcocksc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    • Look how a mavis, or a pigeòn, / In any grove caught with a springe or net […]1614: The Odysses of Homer by George Chapman, book 23 line 594

Verb (2)

springe (third-person singular simple present springes, present participle springing or springeing, simple past and past participle springed)

  1. (transitive) To catch in a springe; to ensnare.
    • By an active poacher who had hit a hare / From the other barrel, tired of springeing game1866, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, and Other Poems, page 310

Forms of springe

Verb
third-person singular presentspringes
present participlespringing
present participlespringeing
past participlespringed
pastspringed
Noun
pluralspringes

Origin of springe

Inherited from Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprenġan, sprenġċan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną (“to cause to spring”). See sprinkle.

Inherited from Middle English spreng, a variant of spring with the form of sprengen.

Words formed from springe

Words that rhyme with springe

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Questions about springe

What does springe mean?
Springe means to sprinkle; to scatter.
What part of speech is springe?
Springe can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce springe?
Springe is pronounced /spɹɪnd͡ʒ/.
What is the past tense of springe?
The past tense of springe is springed.

Words near springe in the dictionary

  1. springcleaning
  2. springcreekite
  3. Springdale
  4. Springdale Heights
  5. springdans
  6. springe
  7. springed
  8. springeing
  9. springer
  10. springer antelope
  11. springer antelopes

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