Definition of defile

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Defile (v. t.) To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint..

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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..
Purify :: Purify (v. t.) Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart..
Conspurcation :: Conspurcation (n.) The act of defiling; defilement; pollution.
Defile :: Defile (v. t.) Same as Defilade.
Beray :: Beray (v. t.) To make foul; to soil; to defile.
Impurity :: Impurity (n.) Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.
Pollution :: Pollution (n.) The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity..
Immaculate :: Immaculate (a.) Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.
Pure :: Pure (superl.) Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons..
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..
Defile :: Defile (v. t.) To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.
Blek :: Blek (v. t.) To blacken; also, to defile..
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To defile; to soil.
Lustration :: Lustration (n.) A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified..
Contamination :: Contamination (n.) The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates..
Contaminate :: Contaminate (a.) Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.
Distain :: Distain (v. t.) To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry.
Deturpate :: Deturpate (v. t.) To defile; to disfigure.
Maculate :: Maculate (a.) Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts..
Filthy :: Filthy (superl.) Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene..
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