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Definition of Begrimes
1. begrime [v] - See also: begrime
Lexicographical Neighbors of Begrimes
Literary usage of Begrimes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The City of God by Augustine, Marcus Dods (1871)
"... whitens the stones it bakes, while, contrary to its glowing appearance, it
begrimes most things it burns (just as dirty stains are made by oil, ..."
2. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"... but woe betide the young urchin who is caught; his face assumes a most awful
appearance from the soot and grease with which ' Oliver' begrimes it, ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1879)
"... and begrimes it. This fact seems self-evident, yet the Radicals do not perceive
it ; so blind, indeed, are they to it that they evidently consider they ..."
4. The World's Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the by John Henry Barrows (1893)
"The crown jewels of Victoria are created of the same substance that blackens and
begrimes the faces of her subjects in the thousand forges and smithies of ..."
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