resperse

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɜː(ɹ)s/

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To sprinkle; to scatter.
   • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:

     virtues respersed in the several parts of this book

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “resperse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Participle

resperse

1. vocative masculine singular of respersus