Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sprinkled with dew.
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Examples
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He thought of her as of a white rose, dew-besprent, and gently swayed by the sweet air of a sunny morning; a white rose newly spread, its heart virgin from the hands of shaping Nature.
Demos George Gissing 1880
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The beauty of the poplars, the coolness exhaled from the dew-besprent bricks, the commodiousness of the seat which these steps afforded, and the uncertainty into which I was plunged respecting my future conduct, all combined to make me pause.
Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 Charles Brockden Brown 1790
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A grass with knotted or jointed stem: some, however, suppose marjoram to be intended here. ~dew-besprent~, _i. e._ besprinkled with dew: comp.
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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