bespatter
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It seems his pleasure to cast filth into the face of purity; and bespatter innocence with foul imputations.
From Talkers With Illustrations by John Bate
I saw her, the other day, bespatter the Governor himself with water, at the cattle-trough in Spring Lane.
From The Scarlet Letter by Mary Hallock Foote
To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Howell has a poem “On some who, blending their brains together, plotted how to bespatter one of the Muses’ choicest sons, Sir William D’Avenant.”
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
And thus I have with much ado rid my hands of a great part of De Cros’s Rubbish, as far as it endeavours to bespatter Sir W. T. in his Morals and Intellectuals.