conspergere

conspergere (conspar-) [CL] 1 to besprinkle (w. fluid or powder); b (fig.). c (p. ppl.) spangled. d to knead, mix together; cf. conspersio 2. aliam [carnem] sale ~ge Alcuin Ep. 137 (v. effectivus a); ~gantur [AS p. 395: beon gesprengde] a sacerdote ‥ benedicta aqua RegulC 27; s1263 corpus ~sum ‥ guttis cere Rish. 15. b coepit ‥ albentes vultus liliolo ~gere radio Byrht. V. Osw. 403; [lacissa illa] mox ad sui introitum cuncta ecclesie mee interioris aera fetoris sui nubibus circumquaque ~serat R. Cold. Cuthb. 74. c auri lamina ‥ lapidibus preciosis ‥ undique ~sa renitet R. Cold. Cuthb. 41. d ~sam, gecneden WW; sicut farina, quando ~gitur aqua, se unit et fit quedam massa Ailr. Serm. 12. 283B. 2 to spread abroad (trans.). s1254 quod ‥ fama generalis per circuitum ~serit M. Par. Maj. V 456; s1189 ipsa ‥ nova per universa Anglie ‥ ~sa fuerunt Meaux I 244.

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