Whom never faction could bespatter.
Swift.
Be*spawl" (&?;), v. t. To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle. [Obs.] Milton.
Be*speak" (&?;), v. t. [imp. Bespoke (&?;), Bespake (Archaic); p. p. Bespoke, Bespoken (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespeaking.] [OE. bispeken, AS. besprecan, to speak to, accuse; pref. be- + sprecan to speak. See Speak.] 1. To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.
Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor.
Sir W. Scott.