Begrime

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪm

Origin

From -("about, all over") + grime.

Full definition of begrime

Verb

1. (transitive) To make something dirty; to soil
• 1835, s:Author:William Gilmore Simms, s:The Partisan, The smoke of the pine-wood fires which at night were kept continually burning around them. This ...
  had most effectually begrimed their features, and their dresses had not scrupled to partake of the same colouring.