besmut

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English

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Etymology

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From be- +‎ smut. Compare Old English besmittian (to pollute, defile).

Verb

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besmut (third-person singular simple present besmuts, present participle besmutting, simple past and past participle besmutted)

  1. (transitive) To blacken with smut; foul with soot.