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bemire

[ bih-mahyuhr ]

verb (used with object)

, be·mired, be·mir·ing.
  1. to soil with mire; dirty or muddy:

    bemired clothing.

  2. to cause (an object or person) to sink in mire:

    a bemired wagon.



bemire

/ bɪˈmaɪə /

verb

  1. to soil with or as if with mire
  2. usually passive to stick fast in mud or mire
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • be·mirement noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bemire1

First recorded in 1525–35; be- + mire
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Example Sentences

Only my damp and bemired apparel; in which I had slept on the ground and fallen in the marsh.

From my always seeming to see them so bemired with their recent passages, I gather that my observations must have been made chiefly in winter on my way to school.

Stick after stick was hurled at the struggling animal, which became more and more bemired.

Sit down there, sir—no, not on that sofa—with your dirty garments, and shoes bemired; but on that arm-chair, where you may roll about to your heart's content.

Luxurious feast! a soul, a soul immortal, In all the dainties of a brute bemired!

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