| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To befoul or besmirch.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To smirch, soil, stain, taint or speckle. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To contaminate, defile, pollute or desecrate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb bespatter.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (bespatter) | 1. Spot, splash, or soil.[Wordnet]. 2. To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.[Websters]. 3. To asperse with calumny or reproach.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: bespattering, bespattered, bespatters, bespatterer, bespatterers, bespatteringly and bespatteredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "BESPATTERING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BESPATTERING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Spattering with water; soiling with dirt and water; aspersing.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of bespatter. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
