Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To sprinkle.
Examples
“I watched Marie-Françoise pinch off the tips of the "asperge sauvage", * motioning for me to do the same.”
“I watched Marie-Françoise pinch off the tips of the "asperge sauvage",* motioning for me to do the same.”
“Finally, the Padre took the asperge from the hands of one of the acolytes, and with a sign of the cross in benediction while he chanted the _Asperges_, gently sprinkled the holy water on the upturned face.”
“And that he who, entering into a church, doth not asperge himself with holy water, sinneth not, (461) if so be he do it _circa contemptum_.”
“_chapon roti au cresson_; _asperge au branches_; _glace au chocolat_; _caf_; or: _potage au Crcy_; _turbot aux cpres_;”
“Albertine consented, however, to sacrifice her lettuces, on the condition that I would promise to buy for her in a few days’ time from the woman who cried: “J’ai de la belle asperge d’Argenteuil, j’ai de la belle asperge.””
“Duxelle (Duxelle) graine (haricot, petit pois) (seed) gousse (haricot, petit pois) (pod) peau (skin) pointe (asperge) (tip) trognon, tige (stalk) grain (ma ïs) (kernel)”
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mollusque It has overtones of purge. And spurge (see euphorbia). Jun 7, 2009
jfk I need to be asperged. (Note to self: Don't post late at night) Jun 7, 2009
reesetee In the old Latin Mass of the Catholic church, Asperges me ("Sprinkle me") was the opening of an antiphon sung or recited while the celebrant sprinkled the congregation with holy water. Jun 7, 2009
jfk To asperse?...with an asperges or an aspergillium? I know nothing about it...just a googling smartass.
Even if it is a word, I think it's a little too close to asperger to be truly pretty. Jun 7, 2009
bilby Pretty word. Jun 7, 2009
brightshade Verb, to asperge, to sprinkle with holy water (using an aspergillum, of course!).
Evidently form the first word of the Latin text of Psalms 50(51):9 (literally ‘thou shalt purge’ ), recited before Mass during the sprinkling of holy water. Or so says the OAED. Jun 7, 2009