insperse

English

Etymology

From Latin inspersus, past participle of inspergere (“to sprinkle upon”); prefix in- (“in, on”) + spargere (“to sprinkle”).

Verb

insperse (third-person singular simple present insperses, present participle inspersing, simple past and past participle inspersed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To sprinkle; to scatter.
   • 1650, Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Walter Charleton, A Ternary of Paradoxes:

     the Verity of these Paradoxes, inspersed upon the ensuing Treatise

References

• “insperse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• erepsins, ripeness, serpines, spirenes

Latin

Participle

īnsperse

1. vocative masculine singular of īnspersus