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bespatter, v.|bɪˈspætə(r)|
[f. be- 1 + spatter.]
1. trans. To spatter over; to cover with small spots of wet mud or anything of like consistency.
1674Govt. of Tongue v. §9. 123 Those who will not take vice into their bosoms, shall yet have it bespatter their faces. 1844Thirlwall Greece VIII. lxvi. 447 They..were even bespattered with mud.
2. To spatter about; to scatter or cast (anything) so that it sticks in spots on surrounding objects.
1813Examiner 1 Feb. 80/1 [He] had..literally bespattered his brains about the floor.
3. fig. To asperse (with abuse, blame, flattery, praise, etc.). Generally in a bad sense even when praise is in question.
1644Jessop Angel of Eph. 24 Bishop Halls titles of honour wherewith he doth bespatter them. 1759Let. to Methodists, Bespattering with your dirty hints and innuendoes the whole body of its Clergy. 1819Southey Lett. (1856) III. 150, I shall get plentifully bespattered with abuse. 1851Ruskin Mod. Paint. I. Pref. 19 He..bespatters with praise the canvass which a crowd concealed from him. 1858Robertson Lect. 244 Bespattered with applause.
4. spec. To cover with abuse; to vilify or slander.
1653A. Wilson Jas. I, Proeme 4 If Ignorance or Malice attempts to hack, hew, or bespatter it. 1709Steele Tatler No. 115 ⁋1 Punch who takes all opportunities of bespattering me. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) II. xxxiii. 208, I will convince you that I am basely bespattered. |