besprinkle

[bih-spring-kuhl]

verb (used with object)

besprinkled, besprinkling 

1. to sprinkle (something) all over, as with water or a powder.

besprinkle

/ bɪˈsprɪŋkəl /

verb

1. (tr) to sprinkle all over with liquid, powder, etc

Other Word Forms

• unbesprinkled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of besprinkle¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; be-, sprinkle

Example Sentences

I will scatter seeds criminally thickly on the surface, pat them down, and then remember that they need cover and besprinkle them with some soil that I’ve inevitably dropped on the kitchen floor.

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We were very loving, recalled old times, and besprinkled each other mutually with great praise.

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When he drinks, he infallibly coughs in his glass, and besprinkles the company.

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To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers.

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One of the elders, using a knife of quartz, made incisions in the young man’s body, afterwards besprinkling them with urine.

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Related Words

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