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besprent

[ bih-sprent ]

adjective

, Archaic.
  1. besprinkled; bestrewn.


besprent

/ bɪˈsprɛnt /

adjective

  1. poetic.
    sprinkled over
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of besprent1

1325–75; Middle English bespre ( y ) nt, past participle of besprengen, Old English besprengan, equivalent to be- be- + sprengan to sprinkle, akin to spring
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Word History and Origins

Origin of besprent1

C14: past participle of Old English besprengan to besprinkle
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Example Sentences

Trembling and sad he stood beside the door— Pale as a spectre, and besprent with gore!

And many a deep wound lent, His arms with blood besprent; And many a cruel dentBruised his helmet.

And he rode a great white mare, whose bases and other housings were black, but all besprent with fair lilys of silver sheen.

What beckoning ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew?

At least the effect was to evoke a laugh which came tear-sparkling as a lark flies dew-besprent from a hawthorn bush at morn.

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