insperse

English

Etymology

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

Verb

insperse (third-person singular simple present insperses, present participle inspersing, simple past and past participle inspersed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To sprinkle; to scatter.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for insperse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

insperse

  1. vocative masculine singular of inspersus
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