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besprent
[ bih-sprent ]
adjective
, Archaic.
- besprinkled; bestrewn.
besprent
/ bɪˈsprɛnt /
adjective
- poetic.sprinkled over
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Word History and Origins
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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!
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And many a deep wound lent, His arms with blood besprent; And many a cruel dentBruised his helmet.
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And he rode a great white mare, whose bases and other housings were black, but all besprent with fair lilys of silver sheen.
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What beckoning ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew?
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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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