besprent

[ bih-sprent ]

/ bɪˈsprɛnt /

adjective Archaic.

besprinkled; bestrewn.

Nearby words

bespeckle, bespectacled, bespoke, bespoken, bespread, besprent, besprinkle, bess, bessarabia, bessel, bessel function

Origin of besprent

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

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Examples from the Web for besprent

Not show the Sunday promenaders too, how steel glitters, besprent with blood; that it be told of, and men's ears tingle?
The French Revolution|Thomas Carlyle
What beckoning ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew?
Hearts of Controversy|Alice Meynell
Trembling and sad he stood beside the door— Pale as a spectre, and besprent with gore!
Romantic Ballads|George Borrow
The books at Saint-Cyr were stamped with a crowned cross, besprent with fleurs-de-lys.
The Library|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for besprent

besprent

/ (bɪˈsprɛnt) /

adjective

poetic sprinkled over

Word Origin for besprent

C14: past participle of Old English besprengan to besprinkle

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