besprinkle - definition of besprinkle - synonyms, pronunciation, spelling from Free Dictionary

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scatter with liquid; wet lightly“Sprinkle the lawn”Synonyms: sprinkle spargeMore general wet

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Be·sprin′kle (…), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Besprinkled (…); present participle & verbal noun Besprinkling (…).]

To sprinkle over; to scatter over.

The bed besprinkles, and bedews the ground.— John Dryden

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