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besprinkle (iou)



besprinkle verb trans. M16.
[from BE- 1, 2 + SPRINKLE verb.]
Sprinkle all over with; dot with; sprinkle (liquid etc.) over. M16.
Gibbon The walls were besprinkled with holy water. Dickens Sloping banks besprinkled with pretty villas.
Of a liquid etc.: be sprinkled on. M18.