besprinkle

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I will scatter seeds criminally thickly on the surface, pat them down, and then remember that they need cover and besprinkle them with some soil that I’ve inevitably dropped on the kitchen floor.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 23, 2019

It is quite unlike the blossoms which besprinkle other rugs.

From The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. by Ellwanger, W. D. (William DeLancey)

Then take her blood, and cast it on this brake, And therewithal besprinkle all his face, And he shall be restored to his sense, His health and memory, as heretofore.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew

He shook off the earth with which he had tried to besprinkle himself and scrambled up.

From Secret Bread by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)

Suddenly the belligerents drew blades on the very stage itself, and, while the bystanders were expecting to see poetical or vocal blood besprinkle the harpsichords and double basses, the Signora Tesi advanced toward the duelists.

From Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)