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bespeckle
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be⋅sprin⋅kle
/
bɪˈsprɪŋ
kəl
/
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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
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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