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Definitions for bespatter
bɪˈspæt ərbe·spat·ter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. spatter, bespatterverb

    spot, splash, or soil

    "The baby spattered the bib with food"

Wiktionary

  1. bespatterverb

    To spatter or cover with something; sprinkle with anything liquid, or with any wet or adhesive substance.

  2. bespatterverb

    To soil by spattering.

  3. bespatterverb

    To asperse with calumny or reproach; shend.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Bespatterverb

    To soil by throwing filth; to spot or sprinkle with dirt or water.

    Etymology: from spatter.

    Those who will not take vice into their bosoms, shall yet have it bespatter their faces. Government of the Tongue, § 5.

    His weapons are the same which women and children use; a pin to scratch, and a squirt to bespatter. Jonathan Swift, lett. lxix.

    Fair Britain, in the monarch blest,
    Whom never faction could bespatter. Jonathan Swift.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bespatterverb

    to soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains

  2. Bespatterverb

    to asperse with calumny or reproach

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Bespatter

    be-spat′ėr, v.t. to spatter or sprinkle with dirt or anything moist: to defame.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bespatter in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bespatter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


Translations for bespatter

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  • pirskotella, panetella, roiskuttaa, pirskottaa, herjata, roiskiaFinnish

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