Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To daub, make foul, or soil (someone or something) with spawl or spittle.

Origin

From be- (prefix meaning ‘about; around’) + spawl (“to scatter spittle from the mouth, spi

From be- (prefix meaning ‘about; around’) + spawl (“to scatter spittle from the mouth, spit”).

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Forms

bespawls, bespawling, bespawled, bespawled
Base formbespawl · to bespawl
3rd person singularbespawls
Present participlebespawling
Past simplebespawled
Past participlebespawled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybespawl
he, she, itbespawls

Past simpleLesson

all personsbespawled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bespawled
he, she, ithas bespawled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bespawl

Synonyms

3 synonyms
beslobberbespitbespittle

Word family

2 related words
Relatedspawlspew

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
besidesA2besiegeC2besmirchbesottedbespeakbespectacledbestA1
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