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Pronunciation : Sul"ly
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. sulien, AS. sylian, fr. sol mire; akin to G. suhle mire, sich, s?hlen to wallow, Sw. s?la to bemire, Dan. s?le, Goth. bisaulijan to defile.]
Definition : Defn: To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation. Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke. Roscommon. No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity. Atterbury.

t. [imp. & p. p. Sullied; p. pr. & vb. n. Sullying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sul"ly
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To become soiled or tarnished. Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding. Bacon.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sul"ly
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : Defn: Soil; tarnish; stain. A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies in his reputation. Spectator.

pl. Sullies (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913