- bemire
- transitive verb Date: circa 1532 1. to soil with mud or dirt 2. to drag through or sink in mire
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
bemire
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Bemire — Be*mire , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bemired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bemiring}.] To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. [1913 Webster] Bemired and benighted in the dog. Burke. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bemire — index pollute, sully Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bemire — [bē mīr′, bimīr′] vt. bemired, bemiring 1. to make dirty with or as with mire 2. to cause to bog down in mud … English World dictionary
bemire — bemirement, n. /bi muyeur /, v.t., bemired, bemiring. 1. to soil with mire; dirty or muddy: bemired clothing. 2. to cause (an object or person) to sink in mire: a bemired wagon. [1525 35; BE + MIRE] * * * … Universalium
bemire — verb To soil (or be soiled) with mud … Wiktionary
bemire — Synonyms and related words: begrime, bemud, besmoke, bog, bog down, dirt, dirty, dirty up, dust, grime, mire, muck, muck up, muddy, sink in, slime, smoke, soot, stodge … Moby Thesaurus
bemire — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To soil with mud: mire, muck (up), mud, muddy, slush. See CLEAN … English dictionary for students
bemire — v. dirty with mud; cause to sink in mud … English contemporary dictionary
bemire — [bɪ mʌɪə] verb archaic cover or stain with mud … English new terms dictionary
bemire — v. a. Daggle, draggle, bedaggle, be draggle, besmirch, mire, muddy, befoul, foul, dirty, soil … New dictionary of synonyms
