beˈspit, v. arch.
Pa. tense and pple. bespit. For forms see spit.
[f. be- 1 + spit v.]
trans. To spit upon, cover or defile with spitting. Rarely intr. with upon. (Cf. be-spete.)
| a 1300 Cursor M. 17771 Jesus..was Bath bi-scurget and bi⁓spit. 1382 Wyclif Mark xiv. 65 Summe bigunnen for to bispitte him. c 1460 Towneley Myst. 223 Thus have thay dight me drerely And all by-spytt me spytusly. 1546 Bale Eng. Votaries ii. (1550) 107 They..byspatled hym, and byspitted him. 1629 Gaule Pract. The. 22 Christ was..crowned with Thornes, bespit vpon. 1678 Hickes in Ellis Orig. Lett. ii. 319 IV. 51 They railed at my black coat, for so they called my gown, and bespit it all over. |