verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To sprinkle; to scatter. obsolete, transitive

   "the Verity of these Paradoxes, inspersed upon the ensuing Treatise"

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dispersesparse

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"the Verity of these Paradoxes, inspersed upon the ensuing Treatise"

Etymology

From Latin inspersus, past participle of inspergere (“to sprinkle upon”); prefix in- (“in, on”) + spargere (“to sprinkle”).

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