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Webster 1913 Edition

Besmut

Be-smut′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Besmutted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Besmutting
.]
[Pref.
be-
+
smut
: cf. AS.
besmītan
, and also OE.
besmotren
.]
To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.

Webster 1828 Edition

Besmut

BESMUT'

,
Verb.
T.
[be and smut.] To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.

Definition 2024

besmut

besmut

English

Verb

besmut ‎(third-person singular simple present besmuts, present participle besmutting, simple past and past participle besmutted)

  1. (transitive) To blacken with smut; foul with soot.

Etymology

From be- +‎ smut. Compare Old English besmittian ‎(“to pollute, defile”).

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