Bemire vs Besmear - What's the difference?
bemire | besmear | Related terms |
To smear over; smear all over; sully.
:* {{quote-book
, author = (William Stukeley)
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, year = 1734
, page = 57
, passage = ...carters and coachmen, who make in imitation thereof a composition of grease and tar, with which they besmear the inside of the naves of wheels and the extremitys of the axis upon which they move.
}}
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, date=2012-01-26
, first=Mike Allen
, last=Jim Vandehei
, authorlink=
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, title=Drudge, conservative media criticize Newt Gingrich
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Bemire is a related term of besmear.
As verbs the difference between bemire and besmear
is that bemire is to soil (or be soiled) with mud while besmear is to smear over; smear all over; sully.besmear
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(en verb)citation, page= , passage=His public record is already besmeared with tawdry divorces,… }}