bespangle

Verb
Synonyms: spangle

Open English WordNet

Verb (2)bespangled, bespangling

  1. decorate with spangles“the star-spangled banner”Synonyms: spangleMore general decorate, adorn
  2. dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objectsMore general scatter, sprinkle
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Be·span′gle (…), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Bespangled (…); present participle & verbal noun Bespangling (…).]

To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant or glittering.

The grass... is all bespangled with dewdrops.— William Cowper

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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