Sully
21sully — ► VERB (sullies, sullied) ▪ damage the purity or integrity of; defile. ORIGIN perhaps from French souiller to soil …
22Sully — [sul′ē; ] also, for 1, Fr [ sü lē′] 1. Duc de ( Maximilien de Béthune) 1560 1641; Fr. statesman 2. Thomas 1783 1872; U.S. painter, born in England …
23sully — [sul′ē] vt. sullied, sullying [prob. < Fr souiller < OFr soillier: see SOIL2] to soil, stain, tarnish, or besmirch, now esp. by disgracing vi. Obs. to become sullied n. pl. sullies Archaic a stain or tarnish; defilement …
24Sully — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Cet article possède un paronyme, voir : Lully (homonymie). Patronyme Sully …
25Sully — Recorded in several spelling forms including Solly, Sowley, Sooly, Sooley, Sudeley and Sully, this is an English locational surname. Generally recorded in the spelling of Sully, it is an excellent example of how a local dialect completely changed …
26sully — verb a) to soil or stain; to dirty He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening. b) to damage or corrupt He did not wish to sully his reputation with an ill mannered comment …
27sully — UK [ˈsʌlɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms sully : present tense I/you/we/they sully he/she/it sullies present participle sullying past tense sullied past participle sullied very formal to damage or spoil something …
28sully — sulliable, adj. /sul ee/, v., sullied, sullying, n., pl. sullies. v.t. 1. to soil, stain, or tarnish. 2. to mar the purity or luster of; defile: to sully a reputation. v.i. 3. to become sullied, soiled, or tarnished. n. 4. Obs. a stain; soil.… …
29sully — (entrée créée par le supplément) (su li) s. m. Nom donné à des arbres (ormes principalement) plantés par les ordres de Sully, plus particulièrement dans la forêt de Fontainebleau. Au plur. Des sullys …
30sully — verb Sully is used with these nouns as the object: ↑name, ↑reputation …
