besprent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite sprinkled over
    • glistening grass besprent with raindrops

WordNet


Be*sprent" past participle
Etymology
OE. bespreynt, p. p. of besprengen, bisprengen, to besprinkle, AS. besprengan, akin to D. & G. besprengen; pref. be- + sprengan to sprinkle. See Sprinkle.
Definitions
  1. Sprinkled over; strewed.
    His face besprent with liquid crystal shines. Shenstone.
    The floor with tassels of fir was besprent. Longfellow.

Webster 1913