bespurt

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verb

To spurt on or over; to sprinkle.

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Meanings

verbbespurt (third-person singular simple present bespurts, present participle bespurting, simple past and past participle bespurted)

present singular third person bespurts · participle present bespurting · participle past bespurted · past bespurted · alternative bespirt

  1. obsoleteTo 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

Origin

From be- + spurt.

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“bespurt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bespurt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bespurt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bespurt.

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