Meanings
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1
verb
to cover, soil, or trap in mud or mire
The flooded track began to bemire every traveller's boots.
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2
verb
figurative: to stain a reputation or involve someone in a degrading situation
The scandal threatened to bemire the institution's reputation.
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Etymology
From Middle English bemyren, formed from be-, here meaning 'all over,' + mire. The literal image of covering with mud readily extended to staining character or reputation.