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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mire \Mire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mired} (m[imac]rd); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Miring}.]
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1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix
in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.
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2. Hence: To stick or entangle; to involve in difficulties;
-- often used in the passive or predicate form; as, we got
mired in bureaucratic red tape and it took years longer
than planned.
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3. To soil with mud or foul matter.
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Smirched thus and mired with infamy. --Shak.
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