† immirev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To immerse in mire; also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > dirty with mud
mire?c1475
glar?a1500
bemirec1532
bemud1580
bemoila1610
immire1611
muddya1616
mud1632
muddify1739
slutch1745
belute1760
slush1807
slub1886
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Imbuare, to enmud, to enbog, to enmire.
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 245 Most of them do immire their spirits into earthly projects.
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