Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To blacken with smut; foul with soot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
blacken withsmut ;foul withsoot .
Etymologies
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From be- + smut. Compare Old English besmittian ("to pollute, defile").
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Examples
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Hypocrisy and a spirit of error will so besmut God's ordinances, that he shall take no pleasure in them: but sincerity, and honesty in duties, will make even those circumstances that in themselves are indifferent, at least comely in the sight of men.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658
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