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bepatched, ppl. a.|bɪˈpætʃt|
[f. be- + patch v.]
1. Mended with patches; wearing patched clothes.
1605Stow Ann. 1291 Their habit was Russet, all bepatched. 1846Sir R. de Coverley II. 186 You ragged vagabond..you bepatched and bespattered knave.
2. Wearing ‘patches’ on the face as an ornament.
1719Ozell Misson's Trav. Eng. 214 (D.) In England, young, old, handsome, ugly, all are bepatch'd till they are bedrid. 1865Publ. Opinion 4 Mar. 237/1 When Cleopatra appeared bepatched in a farthingale, and Alexander wore his helmet over a full-bottomed wig. |