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bespot|bɪˈspɒt|
[ME., f. be- 1 + spot v.]
trans. To cover or mark over the surface with spots; to cover with blots or blemishes. Hence beˈspotted ppl. a., beˈspottedness n., beˈspotting vbl. n.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. iv. 73 Whan þei byspotten and defoulen dignites wiþ hire vylenie. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour A vij, The vessel of siluer whiche was foully bespottyd of the donghylle. 1532More Confut. Barnes viii. Wks. 802/2 Theyr continuall newe byspottyng and wrinclyng. 1622Heylin Cosmogr. ii. (1682) 213 Marble curiously bespotted. 1684Charnock Attrib. God. I. 331 It soils our duties, and bespots our souls. 1720Rowe Amb. Step-Mother v. i. 78 Com'st thou bespotted with the recent slaughter? 1814Wordsw. Excurs. vii. 788 The Danube..like a serpent, shows his glittering back Bespotted—with innumerable isles. a1882R. Christison Autobiog. I. xviii. 349 The degree of the Sun's bespottedness. |