asperge en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /əˈspɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/
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Etymology
From Latin aspergō (compare aspersion from the same verb).
Meanings
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(transitive) To sprinkle.
First let him go up to the principal Altar and asperge it on every side.
1877, John David Chambers, Divine worship in England in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries contrasted and adapted to that of the nineteenth:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| asperges | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| asperged | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| asperged | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| asperging | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |