Bespatters

/bɪˈspætərz/ verb

Definition

Third person singular present tense of bespatter; splashes or sprays something onto other things.

Etymology

From 'bespatter' conjugated in the third person singular present, following the standard English rule of adding '-s' or '-es' to verbs for third person singular subjects.

Kelly Says

Even in modern sentences, 'bespatters' has a wonderful old-fashioned, descriptive quality—imagine a Victorian painter saying 'every movement of the brush bespatters my studio,' giving the action a kind of weight and consequence.

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