BESPAN'GLE, verb transitive [be and spangle.] To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant; as, the heavens bespangled with stars.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
BESPAN'GLE, verb transitive [be and spangle.] To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant; as, the heavens bespangled with stars.
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