Definition of defile

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Defile (v. t.) To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.

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Sullage :: Sullage (n.) That which sullies or defiles.
Impurity :: Impurity (n.) The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.
Polluting :: Polluting (a.) Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.
Corrupt :: Corrupt (v. t.) To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile.
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..
Defile :: Defile (n.) Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc..
Conservancy :: Conservancy (n.) Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use..
Greasy :: Greasy (superl.) Smeared or defiled with grease.
Debouch :: Debouch (v. i.) To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue..
Unafiled :: Unafiled (a.) Undefiled.
Neat :: Neat (a.) Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy..
Enseam :: Enseam (v. t.) To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute.
Assoilment :: Assoilment (n.) A soiling; defilement.
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..
Filthy :: Filthy (superl.) Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene..
Profaner :: Profaner (n.) One who treats sacred things with irreverence, or defiles what is holy; one who uses profane language..
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..
Unwemmed :: Unwemmed (a.) Not blemished; undefiled; pure.
Defile :: Defile (v. i.) To march off in a line, file by file; to file off..
Defilement :: Defilement (n.) The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness..
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