Defn: See Sperable.
SPERAGE
Sper"age, n.
Defn: Asperagus. [Obs.] Sylvester.
SPERATE
Spe"rate, a. Etym: [L. speratus, p. p. of sperare to hope.]
Defn: Hoped for, or to be hoped for. [R.] Bouvier.
SPERE
Spere, v. i. Etym: [AS. spyrian to inquire, properly, to follow the
track; akin to D. speuren, G. spüren, Icel. spyrja. sq. root171. See
Spoor.]
Defn: To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
[Written also speer, speir.] Jamieson.
SPERE
Spere, n. Etym: [See Sphere.]
Defn: A sphere. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SPERGE
Sperge, n. (Distilling)