单词 | bespreng |
释义 | † besprengv. Obsolete except in past participle. 1. transitive. To sprinkle (anything) over: a. with moisture or powder: To besprinkle, asperse. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > sprinkle liquid or something with liquid [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle something with liquid > over or all over besprengc1000 berainc1374 bespring1387 besprinklec1440 over-strinklec1485 besprink1609 bequirtle1690 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle > sprinkle (a surface) with something besprengc1000 strinklea1300 to-sprenga1382 sparkle14.. sprinkle?a1425 besprinklec1440 asperse1490 spray1527 asperge1547 pepper?1605 bepeps1622 conspergate1623 bescatter1631 spurtle1633 spatter1647 consperge1657 superfuse1657 bespatter1674 superseminate1699 asperge1721 sparge1786 spray1861 c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 190 Besprenge hyne mid þam wætere. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 73 Bi-spreng me lauerd mid buhsumnesse. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. lii. 15 He schal bisprenge many folkis. c1430 Syr Generides 7068 Asshes with the water she menged And her white legges al be-sprenged. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxv. f. cviiiv Whome she besprent with many a salte tere. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xii. ci. 233 His siluer locks with dust he foule besprent. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 126 Being bespreint, dashed, and drenched quite therewith. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 150 As himselfe sacrificed, bespreinct he was with the bloud. b. with spots or patches of colouring: To speckle. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > spot [verb (transitive)] > speckle powderc1380 besprenga1425 prick1530 sprinkle1551 peckle1570 speckle1570 speck1580 pepper?1605 pounce1610 freckle1613 freck1621 stipplea1774 punctuate1777 dot1784 puncture1848 bespeckle1860 prickle1888 tick1910 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xxx. 39 Spotti beestis, and dyuerse, and bispreynt with dyuerse colour. 1486 Bk. St. Albans A viij b Euery tercellis braylis been bysprenged with blake speckes. 2. To sprinkle (a substance or things) about. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle warpc1000 sprengeOE strenkc1175 springa1387 bespring1387 sprinkc1390 sprinklea1400 strinklec1400 springle?a1425 sprinkle?a1425 sprainc1440 bespreng1496 oversprinkle?1548 overstrew1570 besprent1573 insperse1587 insperge1599 asperse1607 besprink1609 disparple?1615 spark1637 swiggle1683 twirl1763 sparkle1787 bespatter1813 spray1829 1496 Epit. Iaspar Late Duke of Beddeforde (Pynson) sig. aiiiv Deth me with doloure so hath bespraynte. c1547 Vox Populi iv, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 403 From Scotland into Kent This preaching was bysprent. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 28 Insecta..having for all this life proportionably and equally besprent throughout the whole bodie. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V xlvi. 158 O'er the front There seemed to be besprent a deal of gilding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.c1000 |
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