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besprinkle

[ bih-spring-kuhl ]

verb (used with object)

besprinkled, besprinkling.
  1. to sprinkle (something) all over, as with water or a powder.


besprinkle

/ ɪˈɪŋə /

verb

  1. tr to sprinkle all over with liquid, powder, etc
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲb·k adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of besprinkle1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; be-, sprinkle
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I will scatter seeds criminally thickly on the surface, pat them down, and then remember that they need cover and besprinkle them with some soil that I’ve inevitably dropped on the kitchen floor.

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We were very loving, recalled old times, and besprinkled each other mutually with great praise.

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When he drinks, he infallibly coughs in his glass, and besprinkles the company.

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To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers.

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One of the elders, using a knife of quartz, made incisions in the young man’s body, afterwards besprinkling them with urine.

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