bespotv.
/bɪˈspɒt/ transitive. To cover or mark over the surface with spots; to cover with blots or blemishes.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > spot
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c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. iv. 73 Whan þei byspotten and defoulen dignites wiþ hire vylenie.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) viii. 21 The Vessel of siluer, whiche was foully bespottyd of the donghylle.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie ii. sig. Yy4 Marble curiously bespotted.
a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 175 It soyls our duties, and bespotts our Souls.
1720 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother v. i. 78 Com'st thou bespotted with the recent slaughter?
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vii. 345 The Danube..like a serpent, shews his glittering back Bespotted with innumerable isles. View more context for this quotation
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beˈspotted adj.
beˈspottedness n.
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a1882 R. Christison Autobiogr. I. xviii. 349 The degree of the Sun's bespottedness.
beˈspotting n.
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1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 802/2 Theyr continuall newe byspottyng and wrinclyng.
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