4 definitions found
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 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[^e]mir to grow pale,
fr OF bleme, blesme pale, wan, F. bl[^e]me, prob. fr Icel
bl[=a]man the livid color of a wound, fr bl[=a]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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
blemish
n : a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something
(especially on a person's body) [syn: {defect}]
v 1: mar or spoil the appearance of "scars defaced her cheeks"
[syn: {deface}, {disfigure}]
2: mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" [syn: {spot}]
3: add a flaw or blemish to make imperfect or defective [syn:
{flaw}]
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).
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