v. arch. Pa. t. and pple. bespit. For forms see SPIT. [f. BE- 1 + SPIT v.] trans. To spit upon, cover or defile with spitting. Rarely intr. with upon. (Cf. BE-SPETE.)
a. 1300. Cursor M., 17771. Jesus … was Bath bi-scurget and bi-spit.
1382. Wyclif, Mark xiv. 65. Summe bigunnen for to bispitte him.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst. 223. Thus have thay dight me drerely And all by-spytt me spytusly.
1546. Bale, Eng. Votaries, II. (1550), 107. They … byspatled hym, and byspitted him.
1629. Gaule, Pract. The., 22. Christ was … crowned with Thornes, bespit vpon.
1678. Hickes, in Ellis, Orig. Lett., II. 319, IV. 5. They railed at my black coat, for so they called my gown, and bespit it all over.
