sprent

[ sprent ]

adjectiveArchaic.

sprinkled.

Origin of sprent

First recorded in 1505–15; past participle of obsolete sprenge “to sprinkle,” Middle English sprengen, Old English sprengan; cognate with Old High German, Middle High German, German sprengen, Old Norse sprengja “to cause to jump”; cf. sprinkle

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How to use sprent in a sentence

The third is from Solomon sprent, a retired seaman, for whom I have an affection and respect.'
Micah Clarke | Arthur Conan Doyle
Solomon sprent married and lived for many years as happily as his friends could wish.
Micah Clarke | Arthur Conan Doyle
Look at yon carven shield,Above the chantry door, No blazoned pride bedecks its field,But emblems five sprent o'er.
The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West | William Henry Hamilton Rogers
He turned to find the great tear-sprent eyes of Marjorie staring at him.
Excuse Me! | Rupert Hughes
He had an arrow right through his mouth, nailed to a tree was he, and the grass all sprent with him.
The Serf | Guy Thorne

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