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Definition of Bespatter
1. Verb. Spot, splash, or soil. "They bespatter the bread with melted butter"; "The baby spattered the bib with food"
Definition of Bespatter
1. v. t. To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.
Definition of Bespatter
1. Verb. (transitive) To spatter or cover with something; sprinkle with anything liquid, or with any wet or adhesive substance. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To soil by spattering. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive figuratively) To asperse with calumny or reproach; shend. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bespatter
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bespatter
Literary usage of Bespatter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parson, Pen, and Pencil: Or, Reminiscences and Illustrations of an by George Musgrave Musgrave (1843)
"... with the old gutter of the centre of the causeway, which used to bespatter
without mercy all the luckless foot-passengers within water-shot, ..."
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