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Webster 1913 Edition

Resperse

Re-sperse′

(r?-sp?rs′)
,
Verb.
T.
[L.
respersus
, p. p. of
respergere
; pref.
re-
re- +
spargere
to srew, sprinkle.]
To sprinkle; to scatter.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Resperse

RESPERSE

,
Verb.
T.
respers'. [L. respersus, respergo; re and spargo, to sprinkle.] To sprinkle. [Rarely used.]

Definition 2024

resperse

resperse

English

Verb

resperse ‎(third-person singular simple present resperses, present participle respersing, simple past and past participle respersed)

  1. (obsolete) To sprinkle; to scatter.
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Latin

Participle

rēsperse

  1. vocative masculine singular of rēspersus

Etymology

From Latin respersus, past participle of respergere; pref. re- ‎(“re-”) + spargere ‎(“to strew, sprinkle”).

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