sperse
verb/spɜː(ɹ)s/
Etymology Apheretic form of asperse, from Latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere.
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Obsolete To disperse.
- On all which did against his course oppose, Into a cloud of dust spers'd in the air1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Visions of Bellay”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC: