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be·sprin·kle

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sprinkle, sparge, besprinkleverb

    scatter with liquid; wet lightly

    "Sprinkle the lawn"

Wiktionary

  1. besprinkleverb

    to sprinkle with

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Besprinkleverb

    To sprinkle over; to scatter over.

    Etymology: from sprinkle.

    He indeed, imitating the father poet, whose life he had also written, hath besprinkled his work with many fabulosities. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. i. c. 8.

    A purple flood
    Flows from the trunk, that welters in the blood:
    The bed besprinkles, and bedews the ground. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. besprinkle

    Besprinkle means to scatter or distribute small drops or particles of a substance over something. It generally refers to the act of sprinkling a liquid or granulated substance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Besprinkleverb

    to sprinkle over; to scatter over

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Besprinkle

    be-spring′kl, v.t. to sprinkle over.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of besprinkle in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of besprinkle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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