BESPANGLE

bespangle

(verb) dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects

spangle, bespangle

(verb) decorate with spangles; “the star-spangled banner”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

bespangle (third-person singular simple present bespangles, present participle bespangling, simple past and past participle bespangled)

To cover something with spangles.

Source: Wiktionary


Be*span"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bespangling.]

Definition: To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant or glittering. The grass . . . is all bespangled with dewdrops. Cowper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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