insperse
English
Etymology
From Latin inspersus, past participle of inspergere (“to sprinkle upon”); prefix in- (“in, on”) + spargere (“to sprinkle”).
Verb
insperse (third-person singular simple present insperses, present participle inspersing, simple past and past participle inspersed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To sprinkle; to scatter.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for insperse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- ripeness, spirenes
Latin
Participle
insperse
- vocative masculine singular of inspersus