v. Pa. pple. bedropped, bedropt. [f. BE- 4 + DROP.]
1. trans. To drop upon, cover or wet with drops.
1393. Gower, Conf., III. 254. As men sene the dew bedroppe The leves and the floures eke.
1667. Milton, P. L., X. 527. The Soil Bedropt with blood of Gorgon.
1829. Wordsw., Liberty, Wks. V. 102. Life’s book for Thee may lie unclosed, till age Shall with a thankful tear bedrop its latest page.
2. pa. pple. Sprinkled as with drops.
1658. Rowland, trans. Moufet’s Theat. Ins., 965. The … body yellow, bedropt with black from the neck to the tail.
1858. Blackw. Mag., 482. Lomond and Awe bedropt with woody isles.
b. fig. Strewn, interspersed.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XIII. 321. It was bidropped with wratthe and wikked wille.
1855. Gilfillan, Dryden, Introd. 20. A tale … bedropt with the most flagrant falsehoods.
