begrime

1. (transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil.Examples: "[U]pon a vaine and fooliſh ſuperſtition, enjoining men to begrime and beray themſelves with durt, to lie and vvallovv in the mire, to obſerve Sabbaths and ceaſe from vvorke, to lie proſtrate and groveling upon the earth with the face dovvnevvard, to ſit upon the ground in open place, and to make many ſtrange and extravagant adorations."; "My name that vvas as freſh / As Dians Viſage, is novv begrim'd and blacke / As mine ovvne face."; "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."Synonyms: assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, bedizen, befile, befilth, befoulAntonyms: dirtytransitive