Synonyms

besprinkle

American

[bih-spring-kuhl] / bɪˈsprɪŋ kəl /

verb (used with object)

besprinkled, besprinkling

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

besprinkle British

/ bɪˈsprɪŋkəl /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

unbesprinkled adjective

Etymology

Origin of besprinkle

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

Example Sentences

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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.

From The New Yorker

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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