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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprinkled}; p. pr &
vb n. {Sprinkling}.] [OE. sprenkelen freq. of sprengen to
sprinkle, to scatter, AS sprengan properly, to make to
spring, causative of springan to spring; akin to D.
sprenkelen to sprinkle, G. sprengen. See {Spring}, v. i., and
cf {Sprent}.]
1. To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed,
etc
2. To scatter on to disperse something over in small drops
or particles; to besprinkle; as to sprinkle the earth
with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand.
3. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small
quantity, of water; hence to cleanse; to purify.
Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
--Heb. x. 22.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sprinkled
adj : sprinkled over "glistening grass besprent with raindrops"
[syn: {besprent}]
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