bespangle

American  

[bih-spang-guhl] / bɪˈspæŋ gəl /

verb (used with object)

bespangled, bespangling

1. to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles; make sparkle brilliantly.

   grass bespangled with dewdrops; poetry bespangled with vivid imagery.

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bespangle British  

/ bɪˈspæŋɡəl /

verb

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

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Etymology

Origin of bespangle

First recorded in 1585–95; be- + spangle

Example Sentences

The fixed stars which enamel and bespangle the concave expanse, or canopy of heaven, by numbers and lustre, make the night beauteous and delightful, which would otherwise be dark and horrible. 

From A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses by

Let them give up their unspeakably silly ambition to bespangle their lists of officers with these doctorial titles.

From Memories and Studies by James, Henry

Go out in the evening and see the dew gather drop by drop upon the grass, or trace the delicate hoar-frost crystals which bespangle every blade on a winter's morning.

From The Fairy-Land of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.

It exists in, and influences every atom, whose combinations compose and constitute the entire material creation, or each and every orb that bespangle the blue infinity.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George

Like fireflies that bespangle the darkness of the night, humor scintillates through all life’s phases and activities and causes the day to go more pleasantly and effectively on.

From The Vitalized School by Pearson, Francis B.