oversprinkle

English

Etymology

over- + sprinkle

Verb

oversprinkle (third-person singular simple present oversprinkles, present participle oversprinkling, simple past and past participle oversprinkled)

  1. (transitive) To sprinkle over.
  2. (transitive, nonce word) To be sprinkled over (something).
    • 1849, Edgar Allan Poe, The Bells:
      While the stars that oversprinkle / All the heavens seem to twinkle / With a crystalline delight.
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