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bescatter, v.|bɪˈskætə(r)|
[f. be- 1 + scatter.]
trans. a. To besprinkle, strew with. b. To sprinkle, scatter about.
1640Fuller Joseph's Coat, David's Rep. (1867) 219 It with moans bescattered the skies. 1659― App. Inj. Innoc. (1840) 327 The Animadvertor hath bescattered his [comment] every where with verses. 1855Singleton Virgil III. 500 The nimble hoof bescatters dews of blood.
Hence bescattered ppl. a.
1574Hellowes Gueuara's Ep. (1577) 192 Although I goe bescattered and wandering in this Courte. 1883Stevenson Silverado Sq. 120 The battlemented pine-bescattered ridges. |