Hypertext Webster Gateway: "besprent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Besprent \Be*sprent"\, p. p. [OE. bespreynt, p. p. of
besprengen, bisprengen, to besprinkle, AS. besprengan, akin
to D. & G. besprengen; pref. be- + sprengan to sprinkle. See
{Sprinkle}.]
Sprinkled over; strewed.
His face besprent with liquid crystal shines.
--Shenstone.
The floor with tassels of fir was besprent.
--Longfellow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
besprent
adj : sprinkled over; "glistening grass besprent with raindrops"
[syn: {sprinkled}]
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