bestainv.
/bɪˈsteɪn/ transitive. To stain (a thing) over its surface, to mark with stains.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > stain
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1869 J. B. Brown Divine Myst. i. iv. 93 The blood-drops that bestain His steps.
Derivatives
beˈstained adj.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > be spotted [verb (intransitive)]
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained
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1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates 360 (R.) His skin with blood and teares so sore bestain'd.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 24 We will not lyne his thin-bestained cloake With our pure Honors. View more context for this quotation
1867 E. H. Plumptre tr. Sophocles Antigone in tr. Sophocles Trag. (ed. 2) 133 With his spears all blood-bestained.
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