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besmear
(be|smear)
Pronunciation:
/bɪˈsmɪə/
verb
[
with object
]
literary
smear or cover with a greasy or sticky substance:
a shirt hideously besmeared with the blood of the victim
Origin:
Old English
bismierwan
(see
be-
,
smear
)
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