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besmear

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7 lettersPart of speech verbSorted abeemrsStarts with BEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. spread or daub (a surface)

Word origin

From Middle English *bismerwen, from Old English besmirwan, besmierwan (“to besmear”), equivalent to be- + smear. Cognate with Dutch besmeren (“to besmear”), German beschmieren (“to besmear”).

Used in a sentence

  • […] carters and coachmen, who make in imitation thereof a composition of grease and tar, with which they besmear the inside of the naves of wheels and the extremitys of the axis upon which they move.
  • His public record is already besmeared with tawdry divorces, […]

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