asperse

English

Etymology

• From Latin aspersum, past participle of aspergere.

Pronunciation

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Verb

asperse (third-person singular simple present asperses, present participle aspersing, simple past and past participle aspersed)

1. To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
2. To falsely or maliciously charge another.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:defame

Translations

sprinkle — see sprinkle

scatter — see scatter

to falsely charge another

• Bulgarian: клеветя (bg) (klevetja)

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Translations to be checked

• French: asperger (fr)

Quotations

• 2004: a hand in San Marco's font / aspersed him with foul canal water — Derek Walcott, The Prodigal, (Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2004) page 102

Anagrams

• pareses
• Parsees
• serapes

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Italian

Verb

asperse

1. third-person singular past historic of aspergere

asperse f

1. Plural of asperso

Anagrams

• esparse
• paresse
• passere
• spesare
• speserà

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Latin

Participle

asperse

1. vocative masculine singular of aspersus