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Whom never faction could bespatter. Swift.

Be*spawl" (&?;), v. t. To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle. [Obs.] Milton.

Be*speak" (&?;), v. t. [imp. Bespoke (&?;), Bespake (Archaic); p. p. Bespoke, Bespoken (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespeaking.] [OE. bispeken, AS. besprecan, to speak to, accuse; pref. be- + sprecan to speak. See Speak.] 1. To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.

Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor. Sir W. Scott.

2. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.

bespoke dangers . . . in order to scare the allies. Swift.

3. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances.

When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so little the figure of a man that it bespoke him rather a monster. Locke.

4. To speak to; to address. [Poetic]

He thus the queen bespoke. Dryden.

Be*speak", v. i. To speak. [Obs.] Milton.

Be*speak", n. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) "The night of her bespeak." Dickens.

Be*speak"er (&?;), n. One who bespeaks.

Be*spec"kle (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespeckled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespeckling.] To mark with speckles or spots. Milton.

Be*spew" (&?;), v. t. To soil or daub with spew; to vomit on.

Be*spice" (&?;), v. t. To season with spice, or with some spicy drug. Shak.

Be*spirt" (&?;), v. t. Same as Bespurt.

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Be*spit (b*spt"), v. t. [imp. Bespit; p. p. Bespit, Bespitten (-t'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespitting.] To daub or soil with spittle. Johnson.

Be*spoke" (b*spk"), imp. & p. p. of Bespeak.

Be*spot" (b*spt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespotted (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespotting.] To mark with spots, or as with spots.

Be*spread" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespread; p. pr. & vb. n. Bespreading.] To spread or cover over.

The carpet which bespread His rich pavilion's floor. Glover.

Be*sprent" (&?;), p. p. [OE. bespreynt, p. p. of besprengen, bisprengen, to besprinkle, AS. besprengan, akin to D. & G. besprengen; pref. be- + sprengan to sprinkle. See Sprinkle.] Sprinkled over; strewed.

His face besprent with liquid crystal shines. Shenstone.

The floor with tassels of fir was besprent. Longfellow.

Be*sprin"kle (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besprinkled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Besprinkling (&?;).] To sprinkle over; to scatter over.

The bed besprinkles, and bedews the ground. Dryden.