Etymology

besprenge

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Today it means: To sprinkle or scatter. Full definition →

Middle English besprengen ← Old English besprenġan
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  1. Old English · inherited frombesprenġan
  2. Middle English · inherited frombesprengen
  3. English todaybesprenge

From Middle English besprengen, from Old English besprenġan, equivalent to be- (“about; all over”) + springe (“to sprinkle”).

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