Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bespatter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bespatter \Be*spat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bespattered}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Bespattering}.]
1. To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water,
mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.
2. To asperse with calumny or reproach.
Whom never faction could bespatter. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bespatter
v : spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with
food" [syn: {spatter}]
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