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bespatter

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be⋅spat⋅ter

  [bi-spat-er]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to soil by spattering; splash with water, dirt, etc.
2. to slander or libel: a reputation bespattered by malicious gossip.
Origin:
1635–45; be- + spatter
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be·spat·ter   (bĭ-spāt'ər)   
tr.v.   be·spat·tered, be·spat·ter·ing, be·spat·ters
To spatter with or as if with mud: "a thoughtful, anti-activist judge being bespattered with charges of racism, sexism, hypocrisy and dishonesty" (William Safire).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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