defile

  • 81defile — de·file || diːfaɪl n. narrow passage between mountains v. soil, pollute; desecrate; rape; violate; march in a line …

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  • 82defile — afylan …

    English to the Old English

  • 83defile — I. v. a. 1. Soil, dirty, stain, tarnish, make foul or filthy. 2. Sully, taint, pollute, corrupt, vitiate, debase, contaminate, poison. 3. Debauch, corrupt, seduce, deflour, rob of virginity. II. v. n. File off, march in a line …

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  • 84defile — verb 1) her capacity for love had been defiled Syn: spoil, sully, mar, impair, debase, degrade; poison, taint, tarnish; destroy, ruin Ant: purify 2) the sacred bones were defile …

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  • 85defile — v 1. pollute, taint, dirty, soil, poison, befoul, make filthy, begrime; spot, smear, blot, blur, smudge, smirch, draggle, spatter, besmear, daub; maculate, stain, tarnish. 2. ravish, rape, deprive of virginity, deflower; assault, attack, force,… …

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  • 86defile — de·file …

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  • 87defile — I. /dəˈfaɪl / (say duh fuyl) verb (t) (defiled, defiling) 1. to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint. 2. to violate the chastity of. 3. to make ceremonially unclean; desecrate. 4. to sully (a reputation, etc.). {alteration of befile (Old… …

  • 88defile —   Ho ohaumia, ho opaumā ele, hāpala …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 89defile — To corrupt purity or perfection of; to debase; to make ceremonially unclean; to pollute; to sully; to dishonor. State v. Kasnett, 30 Ohio App.2d 77, 283 N.E.2d 636, 638. To debauch, deflower, or corrupt the chastity of a woman. The term does not… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 90defile — To corrupt purity or perfection of; to debase; to make ceremonially unclean; to pollute; to sully; to dishonor. State v. Kasnett, 30 Ohio App.2d 77, 283 N.E.2d 636, 638. To debauch, deflower, or corrupt the chastity of a woman. The term does not… …

    Black's law dictionary