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v. - Dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects; Decorate with glittering circles.

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Usage examples (16)
  • Verb (used with object), : grass bespangled with dewdrops; poetry bespangled with vivid imagery
  • It exists in, and influences every atom, whose combinations compose and constitute the entire material creation, or each and every orb that bespangle the blue infinity.
  • The fixed stars which enamel and bespangle the concave expanse, or canopy of heaven, by numbers and lustre, make the night beauteous and delightful, which would...
  • Just enough light for the dullest colors, the faintest reflections to produce an admirable effect, from the reddish-gray tone of the monuments to the gleams of jet which...
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