BEMIRE

dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire

(verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty; “don’t soil your clothes when you play outside!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

bemire (third-person singular simple present bemires, present participle bemiring, simple past and past participle bemired)

(archaic) To soil with mud or a similar substance.

(archaic) To immerse or trap in mire.

Anagrams

• berime, bireme

Source: Wiktionary


Be*mire", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bemired; p. pr. & vb. n. Bemiring.]

Definition: To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. Bemired and benighted in the dog. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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IMMOBILIZATION

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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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