asperge

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/əˈspɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/

verb

To sprinkle.

OriginLatin aspergō →
Scrabble 10
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Meanings

asperge1

verbasperge (third-person singular simple present asperges, present participle asperging, simple past and past participle asperged)

present singular third person asperges · participle present asperging · participle past asperged · past asperged

  1. transitiveTo sprinkle.

    First let him go up to the principal Altar and asperge it on every side.

    1877, John David Chambers, Divine worship in England in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries contrasted and adapted to that of the nineteenth

asperge2

nounasperge (plural asperges)

plural asperges

  1. An aspergillum.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
spatter

Origin

asperge · verb

  1. Latinaspergō
  2. Englishasperge

From Latin aspergō (compare aspersion from the same verb).

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asperge · noun

Clipping of aspergillum.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with asperge

mergesurgeurgeemergevergepurgeconvergesergescourgedirgedivergesplurgespurgesubmergeglurgeabstergegurgesperge
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Anagrams

presage
Cite this entry
APA

asperge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asperge

MLA

“asperge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asperge. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “asperge,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asperge.

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