bespawling
bespawling is the gerund of bespawl.
bespawling is the present participle and gerund of bespawl.
Meaning of bespawl
Verb
bespawl (third-person singular simple present bespawls, present participle bespawling, simple past and past participle bespawled)
- To daub, make foul, or soil (someone or something) with spawl or spittle.
- [T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-up Lumpe of Barmy froth, / […] / Or Clumſy Chil-blain'd Iudgement; that, vvith Oath, / Magnificates his Merit; and beſpaules / The conſcious Time, vvith humorous Fome; & bravvles, / As if his Organons of...1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii
Forms of bespawling
| alternative form | bespauling |
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Origin of bespawling
From bespawl + -ing.
Questions about bespawling
- What is bespawling the gerund of?
- Bespawling is the gerund of bespawl.
Words near bespawling in the dictionary
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