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begrimed

begrimed is the simple past and past participle of begrime.

Meaning of begrime

Verb

begrime (third-person singular simple present begrimes, present participle begriming, simple past and past participle begrimed)

  1. (transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil.
    • [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...1603, Plutarch, “Of Superstition”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 261
    Synonyms:
    assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile, befilth, befoul, beray
    Antonyms:
    clean, cleanse

Adjective

begrimed (not comparable)

  1. Dirty, soiled, grimy.
    • I knew Mr. Rochester; though the begrimed face, the disordered dress […], the desperate and scowling countenance, the rough, bristling hair might well have disguised him.1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 18, in Jane Eyre
    • Trees, trees, millions of trees, massive, immense, running up high; and at their foot, hugging the bank against the stream, crept the little begrimed steamboat, like a sluggish beetle crawling on the floor of a lofty portico.1899 March, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MI, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part II

Words formed from begrimed

Questions about begrimed

What does begrimed mean?
Begrimed means dirty, soiled, grimy.
What is begrimed the simple past and past participle of?
Begrimed is the simple past and past participle of begrime.
What part of speech is begrimed?
Begrimed is an adjective.

Words near begrimed in the dictionary

  1. begrieve
  2. begrieved
  3. begrieves
  4. begrieving
  5. begrime
  6. begrimed
  7. begrimer
  8. begrimers
  9. begrimes
  10. begrimest
  11. begrimeth

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