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transitive verb
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Synonyms
befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, blacken, daub, dirty, distain [archaic], foul, grime, mire, muck, muddy, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, sully
Antonyms
clean, cleanse
1656, in the meaning defined above
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