Definition of defile

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Defile (v. t.) To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.

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Profaner :: Profaner (n.) One who treats sacred things with irreverence, or defiles what is holy; one who uses profane language..
Blek :: Blek (v. t.) To blacken; also, to defile..
Constupration :: Constupration (n.) The act of ravishing; violation; defilement.
Foul :: Foul (superl.) Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water..
Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out..
Beray :: Beray (v. t.) To make foul; to soil; to defile.
Inquinate :: Inquinate (v. t.) To defile; to pollute; to contaminate; to befoul.
Purify :: Purify (v. t.) To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.
Maculate :: Maculate (a.) Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts..
Virgin :: Virgin (a.) Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold..
Neat :: Neat (a.) Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy..
Polluting :: Polluting (a.) Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime..
Adulterate :: Adulterate (v. t.) To defile by adultery.
Purify :: Purify (v. t.) Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart..
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass..
Corrupt :: Corrupt (v. t.) To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile.
Defoul :: Defoul (v. t.) To make foul; to defile.
Defilement :: Defilement (n.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side..
Impure :: Impure (v. t.) To defile; to pollute.
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