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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bespeckle en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English speckle English bespeckle From be- + speckle.

Meanings

  1. To add speckles.
    • Seen from the air at night, tiny villages bespeckle the Indian landscape with firefly glows.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bespeckles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bespeckling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bespeckled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bespeckled Tense=Past lexicographic