Resperse

//ɹɪˈspɜː(ɹ)s// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To sprinkle; to scatter. obsolete

    "virtues respersed in the several parts of this book"

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"virtues respersed in the several parts of this book"

Etymology

From Latin respersus, past participle of respergere; prefix re- (“re-”) + spargere (“to strew, sprinkle”).

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