blemish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: blemish	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for blemish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blemish n a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" Synonym(s): blemish, defect, mar v mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" Synonym(s): deface, disfigure, blemish mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" Synonym(s): blemish, spot add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective Synonym(s): flaw, blemish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blemish \Blem"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blemished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blemishing}.] [OE. blemissen, blemishen, OF. blemir, blesmir, to strike, injure, soil, F. bl[88]mir to grow pale, fr. OF. bleme, blesme, pale, wan, F. bl[88]me, prob. fr. Icel bl[be]man the livid color of a wound, fr. bl[be]r blue; akin to E. blue. OF. blemir properly signifies to beat one (black and) blue, and to render blue or dirty. See {Blue}.] 1. To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind. Sin is a soil which blemisheth the beauty of thy soul. --Brathwait. 2. To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame. There had nothing passed between us that might blemish reputation. --Oldys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blemish \Blem"ish\, n.; pl. {Blemishes}. Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation. He shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish. --Lev. xiv. 10. The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character. --Spectator. Syn: Spot; speck; flaw; deformity; stain; defect; fault; taint; reproach; dishonor; imputation; disgrace.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Blemish imperfection or bodily deformity excluding men from the priesthood, and rendering animals unfit to be offered in sacrifice (Lev. 21:17-23; 22:19-25). The Christian church, as justified in Christ, is "without blemish" (Eph. 5:27). Christ offered himself a sacrifice "without blemish," acceptable to God (1 Pet. 1:19).