bespatter

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I said 'What a fine fellow you are to bespatter the whole world with this oil of vitriol!'

From Stories of Authors, British and American by Chubb, Edwin Watts

"To bespatter a rival for the gaining of an advantage by contrast is a Yahoo's trick to which no decent gentleman would stoop."

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

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

Generous, of a chivalric character, with a repugnance for any kind of meanness, we yet insult the fallen man and even bespatter the memory of one who has gone to the grave.

From English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters by O'Rell, Max

For the future you may besnuff and bespatter your coat as much as you please, for all the trouble I shall ever take.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel