[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to soil, stain, or tarnish.Synonyms: contaminate , blemish , taint", "to mar the purity or luster of; defile:to sully a reputation.Synonyms: dishonor , disgrace , dirty"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become sullied, soiled, or tarnished."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Obsolete.a stain; soil."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Ma·xi·mi·lien de Bé·thune[m, a, k-see-mee-, lyan, d, uh, bey-, tyn],Duc de,1560–1641,French statesman.", "Thomas,1783–1872,U.S. painter, born in England."]}]