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Verb

sprinkled

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\ (spr[i^][ng]"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Sprinkled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Sprinkling
(-kl[i^]ng).] [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.
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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.
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3. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small
quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
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Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
--Heb. x. 22.
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WordNet sprinkled
adj : sprinkled over; "glistening grass besprent with raindrops"
[syn: besprent]

Moby Dictionary
bespangled , blotched , blotchy , cheeseparing , chinchy , chintzy ,
dotted , dotty , dusted , exiguous , flea-bitten , flecked , fleckered ,
frecked , freckled , freckly , infrequent , macular , maculate ,
maculated , meager , miserly , niggardly , patchy , peppered , piddling ,
pocked , pockmarked , pocky , pointille , pointillistic , polka-dot ,
poor , powdered , punctated , rare , scant , scanty , scarce , scattered ,
scrimping , scrimpy , seldom met with , seldom seen , skimping , skimpy ,
slim , spangled , sparse , spattered , specked , speckled , speckledy ,
speckly , splattered , splotched , splotchy , spotted , spotty , stingy ,
stippled , studded , thin , tight