BESMIRCH
VERBS
1387 ► SMOT to besmirch, to defile, to befoul → obs.
1425 ► MURK to blacken, to smudge, to besmirch; to make dark or obscure
1586 ► TURPIFY to make foul or filthy; to befoul, to besmirch
1640 ► SMUTCH to sully, to besmirch, etc., morally or otherwise
1832 ► BESMUTCH to besmirch; to soil
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