bespatter

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To rail at him now, and speak of him disparagingly, will not hurt him, or do you any good, Dick, my friend, so do not unnecessarily bespatter his memory.

From The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa by Ball, Alec

To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Befoam, be-fōm′, v.t. to bespatter or cover with foam.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The roar of the surf is so great that we cannot hear each other speak, and the rain and foam bespatter our faces.

From Round the Wonderful World by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)

I saw her, the other day, bespatter the Governor himself with water, at the cattle-trough in Spring Lane.

From The Scarlet Letter by Foote, Mary Hallock