Bespangle
to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles; make sparkle brilliantly:
gr-ss bespangled with dewdrops; poetry bespangled with vivid imagery.
verb
(transitive) to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles
v.
1610s, from be- + spangle. related: bespangled; bespangling.
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- Bespatter
to soil by spattering; splash with water, dirt, etc. to slander or libel: a reputation bespattered by malicious gossip. historical examples this is the nameless refuse which flings itself to bespatter masonry. devil-worship in france arthur edward waite the mosquitoes 412 trouble me so much that in driving them away i bespatter my paper with […]
- Bespeckle
to speckle. v. c.1600, from be- + speckle. related: bespeckled; bespeckling.
- Bespoken
a past participle of bespeak. bespoke. to ask for in advance: to bespeak the reader’s patience. to reserve beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for: to bespeak a seat in a theater. literary. to speak to; address. to show; indicate: this bespeaks a kindly heart. obsolete. to foretell; forebode. contemporary examples “when you’re a smaller […]
- Bespread
to spread over (a surface); cover (usually followed by with): a table bespread with fine linens. historical examples he got out the box of ointment and bespread the strips of torn handkerchief. the magnetic north elizabeth robins (c. e. raimond) the greater part of my way lay near the sea sh-r-, which was bespread with […]
- Besprent
besprinkled; bestrewn. historical examples and he rode a great white mare, whose bases and other housings were black, but all besprent with fair lilys of silver sheen. phantastes george macdonald what beckoning ghost, besprent with april dew, hails me so solemnly to yonder yew? hearts of controversy alice meynell the books at saint-cyr were stamped […]