besprent

[ bih-sprent ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. besprinkled; bestrewn.

besprent

/ bɪˈsprɛnt /

adjective

1. poetic.
   sprinkled over

Word History and Origins

Origin of besprent¹

1325–75; Middle English bespre ( y ) nt, past participle of besprengen, Old English besprengan, equivalent to be- be- + sprengan to sprinkle, akin to spring

Word History and Origins

Origin of besprent¹

C14: past participle of Old English besprengan to besprinkle

Example Sentences

Trembling and sad he stood beside the door— Pale as a spectre, and besprent with gore!

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And many a deep wound lent, His arms with blood besprent; And many a cruel dentBruised his helmet.

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And he rode a great white mare, whose bases and other housings were black, but all besprent with fair lilys of silver sheen.

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What beckoning ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew?

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At least the effect was to evoke a laugh which came tear-sparkling as a lark flies dew-besprent from a hawthorn bush at morn.

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