bemoil en · VERB
Etymology
From be- + moil, from French mouiller to wet; but compare also Old English bimolen to soil, and English mole.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To soil or dirty
Tell thou the tale: –but hadst thou not crossed me, thou shouldst have heard how her horse fell, and she under her horse; thou shouldst have heard, in how miry a place; how she was bemoiled; […].
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bemoiling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bemoils | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bemoiled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bemoiled | Tense=Past | lexicographic |