bemire

American  

[bih-mahyuhr] / bɪˈmaɪər /

verb (used with object)

bemired, bemiring

1. to soil with mire; dirty or muddy.

   bemired clothing.

2. to cause (an object or person) to sink in mire.

   a bemired wagon.

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bemire British  

/ bɪˈmaɪə /

verb

1. to soil with or as if with mire

2. (usually passive) to stick fast in mud or mire

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Other Word Forms

• bemirement noun

Etymology

Origin of bemire

First recorded in 1525–35; be- + mire

Example Sentences

Only my damp and bemired apparel; in which I had slept on the ground and fallen in the marsh.

From Literature

From my always seeming to see them so bemired with their recent passages, I gather that my observations must have been made chiefly in winter on my way to school.

From Project Gutenberg

Sit down there, sir—no, not on that sofa—with your dirty garments, and shoes bemired; but on that arm-chair, where you may roll about to your heart's content.

From Project Gutenberg

Luxurious feast! a soul, a soul immortal, In all the dainties of a brute bemired!

From Project Gutenberg

Word came that, as was feared, the wagons were hopelessly bemired three or four miles back, and the men would have to make such shift as they could.

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