bespatter
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This sincerity, abused as any good thing is liable to be, now and then grows scandalous; but still, Tom, though they may bespatter you with mud, nobody ever thinks you too dirty for society.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Lever, Charles James
A regular army of the "System's" votaries must have been out working like Trojans to stop my work, to discredit me, to bespatter me with its dirt.
From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William
To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Bemud, be-mud′, v.t. to bespatter with mud: to confuse.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
He felt the foam from their mouths bespatter him, and their hot, foul breath fan his face.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann
