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blemishblemish2 verb [transitive] ![](img/spkr_b.png) blemish2Origin: 1300-1400 Old French blemir ‘to make pale, injure’ VERB TABLEblemish |
Present | I, you, we, they | blemish | | he, she, it | blemishes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | blemished | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have blemished | | he, she, it | has blemished | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had blemished | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will blemish | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have blemished |
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Present | I | am blemishing | | he, she, it | is blemishing | | you, we, they | are blemishing | Past | I, he, she, it | was blemishing | | you, we, they | were blemishing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been blemishing | | he, she, it | has been blemishing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been blemishing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be blemishing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been blemishing |
- It's faint, but it does blemish an otherwise faultless job.
- Reagan, confused and uninformed, escaped with only his image blemished.
- The sycamores, blemished bark, but very nice, brown and white, getting ready to cough up leaves.
- Would you desire the honour of your own cheek being blemished by Biff?
to spoil something so that it is no longer beautiful or perfect → unblemished: His record will be blemished by this failure.GRAMMAR Blemish is often passive.—blemished adjective |