begrimes
begrimes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of begrime.
Meaning of begrime
Verb
begrime (third-person singular simple present begrimes, present participle begriming, simple past and past participle begrimed)
- 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
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