1. A frequentative variant of prec.
1618. Bolton, Florus (1636), 245. Merula … bespurtled the eyes of Iove himselfe, with the blood.
a. 1655. T. Adams, Pract. Wks. (1861), III. 21 (D.). They sputter their venom abroad, and bespurtle others.
2. fig. To asperse with reproach or abuse; to spot or sully with vice.
1604. Marston, Malcontent, I. ii. (D.). Trot about, and bespurtle whom thou pleasest.
1629. J. Maxwell, trans. Herodian, I. 61. Hee bespurtled his Life with foule Vices and ignoble Exercises.
