"bedabble" meaning in English

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          "text": "Bedabbled with the dew, and torn with briers,\nI can no further crawl, no further go.",
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          "sprinkling",
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          "roman": "izprǎskvam",
          "sense": "to make wet",
          "word": "изпръсквам"
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          "roman": "nacapvam",
          "sense": "to make wet",
          "word": "нацапвам"
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          "sense": "to make wet",
          "word": "kastella"
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          "roman": "brýzgatʹ",
          "sense": "to make wet",
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          "word": "бры́згать"
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