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Definition of Bespot
1. Verb. Mark with, or as if with, spots.
Definition of Bespot
1. v. t. To mark with spots, or as with spots.
Definition of Bespot
1. Verb. (transitive) To make spots on; mark with spots; cover with or as with blots or blemishes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bespot
1. to cover with spots [v BESPOTTED, BESPOTTING, BESPOTS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bespot
Literary usage of Bespot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essay Towards a Dictionary, Tibetan and English by Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Saṅs-rgyas-phun-tshogs (1834)
"Tj W*-» va to call on for aid, to summon ; to bespot, besprinkle. ... ^'V^j to
bespot. 9'VvV) ) ^ ra caller on, &c. U ii, pres. I call, &c. ^^'^, pret. ..."
2. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget (1883)
"V. be -variegated &c. adj. ; variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer; be-,
speckle ; be-, sprinkle ; stipple, maculate, dot, bespot ; tattoo, inlay, ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... pulse ( i ), pulsate (which see for list of words) ; puce, pavilion, poplar,
spar (3) ; spurn, Sic. 441. y SPARK, to sprinkle, to bespot, to scatter. ..."
4. The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell: With Illustrations by James Russell Lowell (1891)
"... house-bespot- ted swell, Where Gothic chapels house the horse and chaise,
Where quiet cits in Grecian temples dwell, Where Coptic tombs resound with ..."
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