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Meaning of BESPRENT

Pronunciation:  bi'sprent

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  sprinkled over; "glistening grass besprent with raindrops"
 
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 Synonyms: sprinkled, wet
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Be*sprent"\, p. p. [OE. bespreynt, p. p. of
besprengen, bisprengen, to besprinkle, AS. besprengan, akin
to D. & G. besprengen; pref. be- + sprengan to sprinkle. See
{Sprinkle}.]
Sprinkled over; strewed.
      His face besprent with liquid crystal shines.
                                               --Shenstone.
      The floor with tassels of fir was besprent.
                                               --Longfellow.
 

 

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