Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ASPERGES
As *per "ges, n. Etym: [L., Thou shalt sprinkle. ] (R. C. Ch. )(a ) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water. (b ) The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Asperger's syndrome
As per ger's syn drome |ˈaspərgərz ˈæspərɡərz ˌsɪndroʊm | ▶noun a developmental disorder related to autism and characterized by higher than average intellectual ability coupled with impaired social skills and restrictive, repetitive patterns of interest and activities.
asperges
as per ges |əˈspərjəz əˈspərʤəz | ▶noun Christian Church the rite of sprinkling holy water at the beginning of the Mass, still used occasionally in Catholic churches. • another term for aspergillum. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: the first word of the Latin (Vulgate ) text of Psalms 51:9 (literally ‘thou shalt purge ’), recited before Mass during the sprinkling of holy water.
Oxford Dictionary
Asperger's syndrome
Asperger's syndrome |ˈaspəːdʒə (r )z | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Psychiatry a rare and relatively mild autistic disorder characterized by awkwardness in social interaction, pedantry in speech, and preoccupation with very narrow interests. ORIGIN named after Hans Asperger (1906 –80 ), the Austrian psychiatrist who described the condition in 1944.
asperges
asperges |əˈspəːdʒiːz | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Christian Church the rite of sprinkling holy water at the beginning of the Mass, still used occasionally in Catholic churches. • [ count noun ] another term for aspergillum. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: the first word of the Latin text of Psalms 50 (51 ):7 (literally ‘thou shalt purge ’, but translated in the Authorized Version as ‘purge me ’), recited before mass during the sprinkling of holy water.
French Dictionary
asperge
asperge n. f. nom féminin Plante potagère dont on mange les jeunes pousses. : Préférez -vous les asperges blanches ou vertes? De belles bottes d ’asperges bien fraîches.
asperger
asperger v. tr. , pronom. verbe transitif Arroser légèrement. : Nous aspergeons les plantes d ’eau fraîche. verbe pronominal S ’arroser. : Maman s ’est aspergée d ’eau de toilette au jasmin. Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Ils se sont aspergés d ’eau fraîche. changer Conjugaison Le g est suivi d ’un e devant les lettres a et o. Il aspergea, nous aspergeons.
Spanish Dictionary
asperger
asperger asperjar . Conjugación [5 ] como proteger .