verb
Freq #499797
Meanings
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verb
literary: to scatter drops, grains, or small particles over something; to sprinkle all over
The cook besprinkled the warm bread with seeds before serving it.
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bisprenklen and related forms, built from be- + sprinkle. Here be- gives the verb a thorough or all-over force: to besprinkle a surface is to distribute drops or particles across it.