"bemoil" meaning in English

See bemoil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: bemoils [present, singular, third-person], bemoiling [participle, present], bemoiled [participle, past], bemoiled [past]
Etymology: be- + moil, from French mouiller to wet; but compare also Old English bimolen to soil, and English mole. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|be-|moil}} be- + moil, {{uder|en|fr|mouiller}} French mouiller, {{m|ang|bimolen}} bimolen, {{m|en|mole}} mole Head templates: {{en-verb}} bemoil (third-person singular simple present bemoils, present participle bemoiling, simple past and past participle bemoiled)
  1. (obsolete) To soil or dirty Tags: obsolete

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bemoil meaning in English (1.6kB)

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