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mire verb. LME.
[from MIRE noun1.]
verb trans. Plunge or sink (oneself) in (a) mire; esp. (in pass.) be or become stuck or embedded in (a) mire; fig. involve in difficulties. LME.
J. Heller No turbulent..hailstorms or thunderstorms to mire or discomfit them. New Yorker The milk cow was mired in a bog hole.
b. Of bog, mud, etc.: hold fast, entangle. L19.
R. Adams A wide marsh that mired them to the knees.
verb trans. Bespatter or soil with mire or filth; fig. defile. L15.
M. Arnold Her palfrey's flanks were mired and bathed in sweat.
verb intrans. Sink in (a) mire; be bogged down. E17.
W. Sewall The roads being soft..I mired down.