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† beˈspete, v. arch. Forms: inf. 3–4 bi-, byspete, -speete, (6 bespette). pa. tense 4 byspet, bispatte. pa. pple. 3–4 bispat, 4 bispet, 5 by-, 6 bespetted, 9 bespate. [ME. bespeten, f. be- 1 + speten, OE. spǽtan to spit.] = bespit.
a1225Ancr. R. 122 Ȝif me mis-seið þe, þenc þæt tu ert eorðe..ne bispet me þe eorðe? a1240Orison 32 in O.E. Misc. 140 Bi-spat þu were and al myd wowe. c1315Shoreham 84 Hy..Byspet hym that swete semblant. 1382Wyclif Mark xv. 19 Thei smyten his heed with a reede, and bispatten him. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋205 Thanne was his visage..vileynsly bispet [v.r. bespit]. 1496Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) vi. xv. 259 That blyssfull bodye..was..by⁓spetted for our synne. 1580Baret Alv. B 576 To Bespette one all ouer. 1855Browning Ch. Roland xix, Its [a river's] black eddy bespate with flakes and spumes. |