English Explanatory Dictionary

besmut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To blacken with smut; foul with soot.

Word forms

besmut besmuts besmutting besmutted

Etymology

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

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