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   Mire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mired (mīrd); 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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