bespout, v.
(bɪˈspaʊt)
[f. be- + spout v.]
trans. To besprinkle by spouting. fig. a. To utter or recite with pompous elocution. b. To recite to, to plague with oratory.
| 1575 Turberv. Falconrie 84 Take wine and water and therewith bespout hir well with your mouth. 1828 Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 591 It has been bespouted, bequoted, and beparodied. 1857 Carlyle Misc. IV. 138 Woe for the age, woe for the man, quack-ridden, bespeeched, bespouted. |