insperse
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin inspersus, past participle of inspergere (“to sprinkle upon”); prefix in- (“in, on”) + spargere (“to sprinkle”).
Verb edit
insperse (third-person singular simple present insperses, present participle inspersing, simple past and past participle inspersed)
- (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
References edit
- “insperse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Participle edit
īnsperse