v. Obs. [f. BE- 4 + SPURT v.] trans. To asperse or befoul with anything spurted or spirted on; also fig.
1579. Tomson, Calvin’s Serm. Tim., 834/1. To walke through the myre and durt, and not bespurt himselfe.
1603. Holland, Plutarch’s Mor., 1232. The city of the Corinthians … he hath … bespurted and dashed … with a most grievous slander.
1641. Milton, Animadv., Wks. (1851), 185. To send home his haughtinesse well bespurted with his owne holy-water.
