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respergere [CL] 1 to sprinkle (surface): a (w. liquid); b (transf., w. grey hairs). c (p. ppl as adj., in quot. of horse's coat) spotted, dappled. a ~sum, aspersum GlC R 150; fonte caballino si me respergat Apollo W. Chester Vers. Anselm. 1.11; crux vero quam vir sanctus jugiter in manibus ferre consueverat, felici jam cruore ~sa, super herbam decidit W. S. Alb. V. Alb. & Amphib. 22; unde nonnumquam sanguis vi collisionis erumpens genu ~sit alterum V. Edm. Rich P 1793E; statim sanguinis habundantia ex eo profluxit, quod Judeum percucientem totum ~sit et ~sum sanavit Spec. Laic. 32.  b virum ‥ maximum, ~sum canis quasi semicanum Map NC II 17 f. 29.  c unus eorum [equorum] coloris nigri, alter pili subrufi, tertius ‥ varii et ~si R. Cold. Godr. 185. 2 (transf. or fig.): a to sprinkle (person or object w. positive quality). b to stain (person or abstr. w. sin, disgrace, or sim.). c to dot or intersperse with. a a803 asperior multo nobis et cum iracundia composita vestra quam Teodulfi videbatur epistola et in nullo erga illum caritatis condimento ~sa Ep. Alcuin. 247; o femina ‥ superplena gratia, de cujus plenitudinis exundantia ~sa sic revirescit omnis creatura Anselm (Or. 7) III 21.  b Quicelmum sane non mediocris culpa ~git W. Malm. GR I 18; indelibili macula nobilitatem suam ~sit Ib. IV 389; integerrimi post abbatiam celibatus, antea nonnulla infamia ~sus Id. GP V 271; quis audebit ‥ Job avaritie nota ~gere? J. Sal. Pol. 767D; 1416 volo quod executores mei reddant se graciosos penes debitores meos ‥ si invenerint eos in non solvendo inopia ~sos Reg. Cant. II 104.  c seculi hujus prosperitas innumera adversitate ~gitur ut deliciis non hereamus solo Pull. CM 200; at filia regis hec diutino recolecta silencio quasi a singultu in vocem suspiriis resparsam prorupit, dicens ‥ Fortescue NLN II 13. 3 to scatter, distribute, spread abroad; b (transf. or fig.); c (w. fama as subj., also foll. by acc. & inf.). precellentissima virgo, de celo quasi sol in centro terris refulgens, radios virtutum longe lateque ~sit Gosc. Transl. Mild. 1; cassia humilis herba ‥ cujus odor per totum mundum ~sus est Ailr. Serm. 3. 30. 225; alia fima ~sa fuerint Cart. Glouc. III 218.  b execrabilia hujus superficiei lolia quodam levi conamine passim per locorum spatia neglegenter ~sa fundotenus explodant B. V. Dunst. 1; merito ‥ culpant eum littere; nam ceteras infamias ‥ magis ~serunt cantilene W. Malm. GR II 148; nec solum in monachos, sed et in vulgus misericordie sue ~gebat semina Id. Wulfst. I 7; 1406 ejus conversacio ‥ preclara extitit ‥ ut nunquam de ipso irritacio vel suspicionis sinistre ac infamie nota ~sa fuerit Conc. III 302b.  c ut fama ~serat, repentina morte ‥ interiit J. Furness Kentig. 28 p. 211; fama ‥ volatilis in diebus illis ~serat per Angliam Danos et Noricos in exterminium et necem Normannorum conjurasse Id. Walth. 8.

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