beslime

beslime

(bɪˈslaɪm)
vb (tr)
to cover with slime
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References in classic literature ?
It is the father and the mother of the commonplace, and it is the commonplace, like a loathsome slug, that beslimes and destroys love.
Despite the envy and calumny of his attackers, the prologue asks that the "Author" not be blamed for separating himself from them: He doth implore, You would not argue him of arrogance: How ere that common spawne of ignorance, Our frie of writers, may beslime his fame, And give his action that adulterate name.