bespatter
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Bemud, be-mud′, v.t. to bespatter with mud: to confuse.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
You have sought to bespatter me in the eyes of France.
From Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Sir Archibald Alison
Let kings or cobblers, for that matter, Tell of the gifts which we bespatter; Deem ye, that loyalty encumbers The congregated courtly numbers?
From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by John Gay
To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
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
