"besprinkle" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: besprinkles [present, singular, third-person], besprinkling [participle, present], besprinkled [participle, past], besprinkled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English bisprenklen, bisprenglen, bispringlen, equivalent to be- + sprinkle. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bisprenklen}} Middle English bisprenklen, {{m|enm|bisprenglen}} bisprenglen, {{m|enm|bispringlen}} bispringlen, {{prefix|en|be|sprinkle}} be- + sprinkle Head templates: {{en-verb}} besprinkle (third-person singular simple present besprinkles, present participle besprinkling, simple past and past participle besprinkled)
  1. (archaic, transitive) To sprinkle. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-besprinkle-en-verb-PpPzNqAi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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