bespurt en · VERB
Etymology
From be- + spurt.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To spurt on or over; to sprinkle.
[I]t will be nothing diſagreeing from Chriſtian meekneſſe to handle ſuch a one in a rougher accent, and to ſend home his haughtineſſe well beſpurted with his owne holy-water.
1641, [John Milton], “The Preface”, in Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus, London: […] [Richard Oulton and Gregory Dexter] for Thomas Vnderhill, […], →OCLC, page 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bespurts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bespirt | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bespurted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bespurted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| bespurting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |