oversprinkle

English

Etymology

over- +‎ sprinkle

Verb

oversprinkle (third-person singular simple present oversprinkles, present participle oversprinkling, simple past and past participle oversprinkled)

1. (transitive) To sprinkle over.
2. (transitive, nonce word) To be sprinkled over (something).

   While the stars that oversprinkle / All the heavens seem to twinkle / With a crystalline delight — The Bells, Edgar Allan Poe.