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Definition of Besprent
1. Adjective. Sprinkled over. "Glistening grass besprent with raindrops"
Definition of Besprent
1. p. p. Sprinkled over; strewed.
Definition of Besprent
1. Verb. (past of besprenge) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Besprent
1. sprinkled over [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Besprent
Literary usage of Besprent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of by Forster, R. P (1818)
"their teeth, while their beard and whiskers besprent with the spume of their
mouths, and wagging with the quick motion of their lips and ghastly contortions ..."
2. The Greek Christian Poets and the English Poets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1863)
"Magi with fair arts besprent, At Thy new star's orient, Trembled inly, wondered
wild, Questioned with their thoughts abroad— " What then is the new-born ..."
3. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by William Aldis Wright, Jonathan Eastwood (1884)
"By then the chewing flocks Had ta:en their supper on the savoury herb Of knot-grass
dew-besprent. By-way, sb. (Ju'dg. v. 6). A secret way or road. ..."
4. Sonnets of Three Centuries: A Selection Including Many Examples Hitherto by Hall Caine (1882)
"... yet intent Still to find God, ' I will go seek,' said I, ' His way upon the
waters,' and drew nigh An ocean marge weed-strewn and foam besprent; ..."
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