单词 | bespot |
释义 | bespotv. transitive. To cover or mark over the surface with spots; to cover with blots or blemishes. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > spot bemole1362 bespotc1374 spot1440 mail1677 sye1855 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 DerivativesThesaurus » beˈspotted adj. beˈspottedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > spotted condition spottiness1611 speckedness1617 bespottednessa1882 a1882 R. Christison Autobiogr. I. xviii. 349 The degree of the Sun's bespottedness. beˈspotting n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > spotted condition > spotting bespotting1532 spotting1776 1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 802/2 Theyr continuall newe byspottyng and wrinclyng. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.c1374 |
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