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begrime

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7 lettersPronunciation /bɪˈɡɹaɪm/Part of speech verbSorted beegimrStarts with BEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. make soiled, filthy, or dirty

Word origin

From be- (prefix meaning ‘about; abundantly; all around; all over’) + grime (“to cake with dirt”).

Used in a sentence

  • My name that vvas as freſh / As Dians Viſage, is novv begrim'd and blacke / As mine ovvne face.
  • The smoke of the pine-wood fires which at night were kept continually burning around them. This had most effectually begrimed their features, and their dresses had not scrupled to partake of the same colouring.
  • collowest] i.e. begrimest, blackenest: […] Collow is smut from burnt coals.

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