blemish
verb/ˈblemɪʃ/
/ˈblemɪʃ/
[usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they blemish | /ˈblemɪʃ/ /ˈblemɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it blemishes | /ˈblemɪʃɪz/ /ˈblemɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple blemished | /ˈblemɪʃt/ /ˈblemɪʃt/ |
| past participle blemished | /ˈblemɪʃt/ /ˈblemɪʃt/ |
| -ing form blemishing | /ˈblemɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈblemɪʃɪŋ/ |
- blemish something to make something less beautiful or perfectWord Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Old French ble(s)miss-, lengthened stem of ble(s)mir ‘make pale, injure’; probably of Germanic origin.
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