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smirches

smirches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smirch.

Meaning of smirch

Verb

smirch (third-person singular simple present smirches, present participle smirching, simple past and past participle smirched)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To dirty; to make dirty.
    • CELIA. I'll put myself in poor and mean attire, / And with a kind of umber smirch my face; / The like do you; so shall we pass along, / And never stir assailants.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    Synonyms:
    besmirch, file, soil, assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile
  2. (archaic, figuratively, transitive) To harm the reputation of; to smear or slander.

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Questions about smirches

What is smirches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Smirches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smirch.

Words near smirches in the dictionary

  1. smily face
  2. sminthurid
  3. sminthurids
  4. smirch
  5. smirched
  6. smirches
  7. smirching
  8. smirchless
  9. smirchy
  10. smirk
  11. Smirke

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