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Webster 1913 Edition
Wem
Wem
,Noun.
[AS.
wam
, wamm
.] Spot; blemish; harm; hurt.
[Obs.]
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wem
of you, through foul and fair. Chaucer.
Wem
,Verb.
T.
[AS.
wemman
.] To stain; to blemish; to harm; to corrupt.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Wem
WEM
,Noun.
WEM
, v.t To corrupt.Definition 2025
wem
wem
English
Alternative forms
Noun
wem (plural wems)
- (Britain dialectal) A spot; stain; mark; scar; weal; bruise.
- (Britain dialectal) A (moral) blemish; fault; blemish; taint.
- (Britain dialectal) Neglect; damage.
Derived terms
- wemless
- wemmy
Etymology 2
From Middle English wemmen, from Old English wemman (“to defile, besmirch, profane, injure, ill-treat, destroy, abuse, revile”), from Proto-Germanic *wammijaną (“to stain”), from Proto-Indo-European *wem- (“to spew, vomit”).
Verb
wem (third-person singular simple present wems, present participle wemming, simple past and past participle wemmed)
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To injure or disfigure; blemish; mark; scar.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To defile; pollute; corrupt; vitiate.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To violate (one's word).
Derived terms
- wemmed
- wemming