bespangle

[ bih-spang-guhl ]
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verb (used with object),be·span·gled, be·span·gling.
  1. to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles; make sparkle brilliantly: grass bespangled with dewdrops; poetry bespangled with vivid imagery.

Origin of bespangle

1
First recorded in 1585–95; be- + spangle

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bespangle

/ (bɪˈspæŋɡəl) /


verb
  1. (tr) to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles

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