To eject saliva on (a person) as a sign of contempt. Obsolete.

intransitive. To dispute; to contend in disputation. Usually const. with.

= bespit, v.

transitive. To cover with drivel or saliva.

transitive. To wet or drench with a stream of liquid. Obsolete (rare before the mid 19th cent.).

transitive. To spit upon, cover or defile with spitting. Rarely intransitive with upon. (Cf. bespete, v.)

To wet and befoul with saliva (= to beslaver, v.), or with portions of liquid food escaping from the mouth; to kiss like a drivelling child; hence…

transitive. To bespew or bespit. Obsolete.

transitive. To wet or befoul with saliva; to beslaver or beslobber.

To slaver upon or over, to bedrivel; to cover with anything suggesting slaver.

transitive. To wet with saliva; to slobber.

transitive. To make foul with spittle.

transitive. To bespatter with saliva; also figurative.

transitive. To dribble saliva or mucus on (a person); to slaver on (a person). Obsolete. rare.

to dribble upon (e.g. as a dog).

To slobber (one). rare.

intransitive and transitive. To lick with the tongue; to smear, daub, wet slightly, etc.