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be·grime

 (bĭ-grīm′)
tr.v. be·grimed, be·grim·ing, be·grimes
To smear or soil with or as if with dirt.
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begrime

(bɪˈɡraɪm)
vb
(tr) to make dirty; soil
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be•grime

(bɪˈgraɪm)

v.t. -grimed, -grim•ing.
to make grimy.
[1545–1555]
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begrime


Past participle: begrimed
Gerund: begriming

Imperative
begrime
begrime
Present
I begrime
you begrime
he/she/it begrimes
we begrime
you begrime
they begrime
Preterite
I begrimed
you begrimed
he/she/it begrimed
we begrimed
you begrimed
they begrimed
Present Continuous
I am begriming
you are begriming
he/she/it is begriming
we are begriming
you are begriming
they are begriming
Present Perfect
I have begrimed
you have begrimed
he/she/it has begrimed
we have begrimed
you have begrimed
they have begrimed
Past Continuous
I was begriming
you were begriming
he/she/it was begriming
we were begriming
you were begriming
they were begriming
Past Perfect
I had begrimed
you had begrimed
he/she/it had begrimed
we had begrimed
you had begrimed
they had begrimed
Future
I will begrime
you will begrime
he/she/it will begrime
we will begrime
you will begrime
they will begrime
Future Perfect
I will have begrimed
you will have begrimed
he/she/it will have begrimed
we will have begrimed
you will have begrimed
they will have begrimed
Future Continuous
I will be begriming
you will be begriming
he/she/it will be begriming
we will be begriming
you will be begriming
they will be begriming
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been begriming
you have been begriming
he/she/it has been begriming
we have been begriming
you have been begriming
they have been begriming
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been begriming
you will have been begriming
he/she/it will have been begriming
we will have been begriming
you will have been begriming
they will have been begriming
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been begriming
you had been begriming
he/she/it had been begriming
we had been begriming
you had been begriming
they had been begriming
Conditional
I would begrime
you would begrime
he/she/it would begrime
we would begrime
you would begrime
they would begrime
Past Conditional
I would have begrimed
you would have begrimed
he/she/it would have begrimed
we would have begrimed
you would have begrimed
they would have begrimed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.begrime - make soiled, filthy, or dirtybegrime - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
foul - make unclean; "foul the water"
contaminate, pollute, foul - make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
smear - stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
slime - cover or stain with slime; "The snake slimed his victim"
muddy, muddy up - dirty with mud
splash - soil or stain with a splashed liquid
mud, muck up, muck, mire - soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
crock - soil with or as with crock
blemish, spot - mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

begrime

verb
To make dirty:
befoul, besmirch, besoil, black, blacken, defile, dirty, smudge, smutch, soil, sully.
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Translations

begrime

[bɪˈgraɪm] VT (liter) → tiznar, ensuciar
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begrime

vt → beschmutzen
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(3.3.389-93; emphasis added) Alone, this passage suggests that when Desdemona begrimes herself she reveals Othello's essential inner foulness or "blackness" beyond the accidental blackness of his face.
Reading Othello's skin: contexts and pretexts
which begrimes his face, marking him in every way as a humiliated natural fool.
Emblems of folly in the first Othello: renaissance blackface, moor's coat, and "muckender"

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