transitive verb
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Synonyms
befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, blacken, daub, dirty, distain [archaic], foul, gaum [dialect], grime, mire, muck, muddy, smudge, soil, stain, sully
Antonyms
clean, cleanse
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Middle English smorchen
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