sparble

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verb

to scatter, disperse

OriginMiddle English sparplen ← Anglo-Norman esparpeler →
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Meanings

verbsparble (third-person singular simple present sparbles, present participle sparbling, simple past and past participle sparbled)

present singular third person sparbles · participle present sparbling · participle past sparbled · past sparbled

  1. obsoleteraretransitiveto scatter, disperse

    but after longe fyght, the vyctory fell vnto the erle of Salesbury, and the other lordys vpon his partye, and the kinges hoost was sparbled and chasyd, and many of his noble men slayne

    c. 1509, Robert Fabyan, The New Chronicles of England and France, reprinted 1811 by Henry Ellis, page 636

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanesparpeler
  2. Middle Englishsparplen
  3. Englishsparble

From Middle English sparplen, from Anglo-Norman esparpeler (compare Old French esparpeillier).

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APA

sparble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparble

MLA

“sparble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparble. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sparble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparble.

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