Befleck

//bɪˈflɛk// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    to cover with small spots or flecks poetic

    "The world is filled with changeful light, The clouds befleck the sky, And o’er the fields, to harvest white, The trooping shadows fly."

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"The world is filled with changeful light, The clouds befleck the sky, And o’er the fields, to harvest white, The trooping shadows fly."

Etymology

From be- + fleck.

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