insperse

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English

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Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To sprinkle; to scatter.
    • 1650, Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Walter Charleton, A Ternary of Paradoxes:
      the Verity of these Paradoxes, inspersed upon the ensuing Treatise

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Latin

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Participle

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īnsperse

  1. vocative masculine singular of īnspersus