begrime means to ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 78 out of 100.
Why this word is great
BEGRIME — [Verb] To coat thoroughly with a tenacious, ingrained layer of grime, soot, or resistant filth. From the English prefix be- (meaning 'all over, thoroughly') + grime (meaning 'dirt, soot'). Unlike “soil,” which implies a lighter, superficial smudging, or “befoul,” which suggests a moral offensiveness, to begrime is to enact a thorough, particulate conquest. It is the coal dust etching itself into a mason’s palm lines, the industrial soot becoming the very patina of a city’s stonework, or the motor oil working irrevocably into the weave of a garage rag—a slow, stubborn communion with the residue of labor and time.
verb
- To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil.“[U]pon a vaine and fooliſh ſuperſtition, enjoining men to begrime and beray themſelves with durt, to lie and vvallovv in the mire, to obſerve Sabbaths and ceaſe from vvorke, to lie proſtrate and groveling upon the earth with the face dovvnevvard, to ſit upon the ground in open place, and to make many ſtrange and extravagant adorations.”