† beˈspurt, v. Obs.
[f. be- 4 + spurt v.]
trans. To asperse or befoul with anything spurted or spirted on; also fig.
| 1579 Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 834/1 To walke through the myre and durt, and not bespurt himselfe. 1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1232 The city of the Corinthians..he hath..bespurted and dashed..with a most grievous slander. 1641 Milton Animadv. Wks. (1851) 185 To send home his haughtinesse well bespurted with his owne holy-water. |