bemire

[bih-mahyuhr]

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.

bemire

/ bɪˈmaɪə /

verb

1. to soil with or as if with mire

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

Other Word Forms

• bemirement noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bemire¹

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

Stick after stick was hurled at the struggling animal, which became more and more bemired.

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.

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

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