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bespatter
/biˈspætɚ/
verb 3
Collocations
1ADJ.
dirty
Definitions
verb
1
To spatter or cover with something; sprinkle with anything liquid, or with any wet or adhesive substance.
2
To soil by spattering.
The flour bespattering Squeaker's now neglected clothes spoke eloquently of his clumsy efforts at damper making.
[D]azed and blinded, she bent her head as if to let the pelt of jagged hail, the drench of dirty water, bespatter her unrebuked.
3
To asperse with calumny or reproach; shend.
Beſides, he hath not been afraid to rail on you, my Lord, who are now appointed to be his Judge, calling you an ungodly Villain, with many other ſuch like vilifying terms, with which he hath beſpattered most of the Gentry of our Town.
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Synonyms
verb — spot, splash, or soil
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The flour bespattering Squeaker's now neglected clothes spoke eloquently of his clumsy efforts at damper making.
Wiktionary02
[D]azed and blinded, she bent her head as if to let the pelt of jagged hail, the drench of dirty water, bespatter her unrebuked.
Wiktionary03
Beſides, he hath not been afraid to rail on you, my Lord, who are now appointed to be his Judge, calling you an ungodly Villain, with many other ſuch like vilifying terms, with which he hath beſpatter
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