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Meanings of bespatter in English

Portuguese
salpicar
Spanish
salpicar

Spot, splash, or soil.

        salpicar
        Usage of bespatter in English
        1
        Bespattered hogs bespatter others, and he who is full of fault finds fault.
        Brave Men and Women: Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs
        2
        He expects Sir George should not bespatter him privately, in revenge, not openly.
        The Diary of Samuel Pepys
        3
        He expects Sir George should not bespatter him privately, in revenge, but openly.
        Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 18: September/October 1662
        4
        To bespatter a man, that his doctrine might be disregarded.
        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
        5
        I saw her, the other day, bespatter the Governor himself with water at the cattle-trough in Spring Lane.
        The Scarlet Letter
        6
        He may bespatter you with ink, he may hit you in the eye, but he writes a magnificent hand.
        Roderick Hudson
        7
        Do you think I am likely to play the Pharisee, and be eager to bespatter the grave of this poor sufferer?
        Birds of Prey
        8
        At times, he imagined a streak of blood was running down his chest, and would bespatter his white waistcoat with crimson.
        Theresa Raquin
        9
        Was it not the act of the false apostles to say thus-tobespatter a man that his doctrine might be disregarded?
        The Riches of Bunyan: Selected from His Works
        10
        Thou dost fall and break thy limbs, and bespatter thyself with mud, like a crocodile, and no one reaches out a hand to thee.
        Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt
        11
        And even when they are fallen into that pit they will quarrel at the bottom, and bespatter each other with the mud that is there.
        The Last Hope
        12
        The latter looked critically at the dust-bespattered panels and then at Joe.
        Stubble
        13
        That had been bespattered with blood, but it had been wiped away.
        Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance
        14
        The soldiery applauded this revolutionary licence, and bespattered their chief with similar terms.
        The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)
        15
        He was still unwashed and terrible to look upon, all blood-bespattered.
        St. Martin's Summer
        16
        For an answer he sat down where he was, on the dust-bespattered margin.
        The Longest Journey
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        Translations for bespatter
        Portuguese
        salpicar
        Spanish
        salpicar
        Bespatter through the time