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be⋅sprent

  [bi-sprent]
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–adjective Archaic.
besprinkled; bestrewn.
Origin:
1325–75; ME bespre(y)nt, ptp. of besprengen, OE besprengan, equiv. to be- be- + sprengan to sprinkle, akin to spring
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be·sprent   (bĭ-sprěnt')   
adj.   Archaic
Sprinkled over.

[Middle English bispreint, past participle of bisprengen, to besprinkle; see besprinkle.]
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