bescatterv.
/bɪˈskatə/ 1. transitive. To besprinkle, strew with.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle > sprinkle (a surface) with something
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strinklea1300
to-sprenga1382
sparkle14..
sprinkle?a1425
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asperse1490
spray1527
asperge1547
pepper?1605
bepeps1622
conspergate1623
bescatter1631
spurtle1633
spatter1647
consperge1657
superfuse1657
bespatter1674
superseminate1699
asperge1721
sparge1786
spray1861
1631 T. Fuller Hearty Repentance i, in Davids Sinne sig. B7 It with moanes, bescattered the skies.
1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence i. 37 The Animadvertor hath bescattered his [comment], every where with Verses.
2. transitive. To sprinkle, scatter about.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > scatter broadcast
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sprengeOE
discatterc1330
shatterc1330
sowa1387
spilla1400
shadec1425
sparklec1440
scatter?c1450
distribute?c1510
sparse?1550
to cast seed1577
bescatter1859
to sow, scatter, throw, etc. broadcast1874
1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 500 The nimble hoof bescatters dews of blood.
Derivatives
bescattered adj.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > scattered about in disorder
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besprent1567
bescattered1574
sparsed1585
scattered1667
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > scattered loosely or strewn > strewn with something
archipelagoed1880
bescattered1883
1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 308 Although I goe bescattered and wandering in this court.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 120 The battlemented, pine-bescattered ridges.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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