单词 | besmit |
释义 | † besmitv. Obsolete. transitive. To stain, infect (as with disease), contaminate. (Mostly figurative.) ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > corrupt > taint or infect smiteeOE besmiteeOE smitOE besmita1250 empoisonc1400 fadec1400 infect?c1400 attainta1529 leaven1534 inquinate1542 contaminate1563 taint1573 tack1601 beleper?a1625 971 Blickl. Hom. 85 Þu woldest symle þone besmitan þe þu nan wiht yfles on nystest.] a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 95 Kumeð forð biuoren his louerde bismitted [?c1225 Cleo. bismuðeled; c1230 Corpus bismuddet] & bismeoruwed. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 32 A uice huerof al þe wordle is besmet. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 229 Þet ne is naȝt besmetted ine herte mid kueade þoȝtes. 1480 W. Caxton tr. Trevisa Descr. Brit. 52 His is bismytted with their treson also. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1250 |
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