Be-spăt'ter, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. BESPATTERED; p. pr. & vb. n. BESPATTERING.] [be and spatter.]
Sense 1. To soil by spattering; to sprinkle with water, or with dirt and water.
Sense 2. To asperse with calumny or reproach.
Whom never faction could bespatter. Swift.