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besprinkle

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be⋅sprin⋅kle

  [bi-spring-kuhl]
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–verb (used with object), -kled, -kling.
to sprinkle (something) all over, as with water or a powder.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see be-, sprinkle
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be·sprin·kle   (bĭ-sprĭng'kəl)   
tr.v.   be·sprin·kled, be·sprin·kling, be·sprin·kles
To sprinkle.

[Probably from Middle English bisprenklen, from bisprengen, from Old English besprengan : be-, be- + sprengan, to sprinkle.]
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