the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.
n. A smutch; a dirty stain.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To stain; smear; soil; smutch; besmirch.
Figuratively, to degrade; reduce in honor, dignity, fame, repute, or the like: as, to smirch one's own or another's reputation.
n. A soiling mark or smear; a darkening stain; a smutch.
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v. smear so as to make dirty or stained
n. a blemish made by dirt
v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
n. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
Word Usage
"Lewis puts this very well, Eugenics have made certain that only demi-gods will now be born: psycho-analysis that none of them shall lose or smirch his divinity: economics that they shall have to hand all that demi-gods require."