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Begrime

//bɪˈɡɹaɪm// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil. transitive

    "[U]pon a vaine and fooliſh ſuperſtition, enjoining men to begrime and beray themſelves with durt, to lie and vvallovv in the mire, to obſerve Sabbaths and ceaſe from vvorke, to lie proſtrate and groveling upon the earth with the face dovvnevvard, to ſit upon the ground in open place, and to make many ſtrange and extravagant adorations."

  2. 2
    make soiled, filthy, or dirty wordnet

Etymology

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

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