bemire
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W. Wordsworth is such a lazy fellow, that I bemire myself by making promises for him: the moment I received your letter, I wrote to him.
From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by Turnbull, A.
Found under Washington's feet were three undignified objects: a whiskey bottle cap, a punctured balloon, and a bemired note to "Dear Harry."
From Time Magazine Archive
No one would reveal then or last week precisely what went on, but it was admitted that the President said something must be done to haul the bemired automobile industry out of the slump.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only my damp and bemired apparel; in which I had slept on the ground and fallen in the marsh.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
There was in her tone a note of offended personal delicacy, as of one bemired against her will.
From Lady Rose's Daughter by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Sit down there, sir—no, not on that sofa—with your dirty garments, and shoes bemired; but on that arm-chair, where you may roll about to your heart's content.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
So I hurried on, splashing and bemiring myself in the byways of the Bourbonnais.
From The Message by Marriage, Ellen
