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† inˈspersion Obs.
Also 7 erron. -tion.
[ad. L. inspersiōn-em, f. inspers-us, pa. pple. of inspergĕre to insperse.]
1. The action of sprinkling on; also something sprinkled on.
1568G. Skeyne The Pest (1860) 25 In suffumigatioun, brining, or inspersione. c1611Chapman Iliad xi. 452 With sweet inspersion of fit balmes. 1659Stanley Hist. Philos. xii. (1701) 478/2 By that little inspertion of Unguent. 1668Wilkins Real Char. 244 Mixed Mechanical Operations..inspersion. 1721Bailey, Inspersion, a Sprinkling upon.
¶2. erron. for aspersion 6. Obs.
1642Rogers Naaman 290 Thinking their forwardnesse an inspersion to their base backwardnesse. |