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Webster 1913 Edition


Sprent

Sprent

(sprĕnt)
,
obs.
p.
p.
of
Sprenge
. Sprinkled.
All the ground with purple blood was
sprent
.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sprent

SPRENT

,
pp.
Sprinkled. [See Sprinkle.]

Definition 2024


sprent

sprent

English

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Verb

sprent (third-person singular simple present sprents, present participle sprenting, simple past and past participle sprented)

  1. (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To leap; bound; move quickly; dart
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Etymology 2

From Middle English spreynt, spreind, yspreynd (sprinkled), past participle of Middle English sprengen (to sprinkle), from Old English sprengan (to cause to spring; scatter), from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną, causative of *springaną (to spring; jump). More at spring.

Verb

sprent

  1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of spreng

Adjective

sprent (comparative more sprent, superlative most sprent)

  1. (archaic) sprinkled
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