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defile (verb)

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  • defile — ‘make dirty’ [14] and defile ‘narrow pass’ [17] are distinct words in English. The former has a rather complex history. It was originally acquired in the 13th century as defoul, borrowed from Old French defouler ‘trample down, injure’; this was a …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • defile — ‘make dirty’ [14] and defile ‘narrow pass’ [17] are distinct words in English. The former has a rather complex history. It was originally acquired in the 13th century as defoul, borrowed from Old French defouler ‘trample down, injure’; this was a …   Word origins

  • Defile — De*file (d[ e]*f[imac]l ), v. t. [OE. defoulen, foilen, to tread down, OF. defouler; de + fouler to trample (see {Full}, v. t.), and OE. defoulen to foul (influenced in form by the older verb defoilen). See {File} to defile, {Foul}, {Defoul}.] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • defile — Ⅰ. defile [1] ► VERB 1) make dirty; spoil or pollute. 2) desecrate. DERIVATIVES defilement noun defiler noun. ORIGIN alteration of obsolete defoul, from Old French defouler trample down …   English terms dictionary

  • defile — 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 …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Defile (geography) — The Defile of l Ecluse viewed from Fort l Ecluse. Defile is a geographic term for a narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills. It has its origins as a military description of a pass through which troops can march only in a narrow column or… …   Wikipedia

  • defile — I. transitive verb (defiled; defiling) Etymology: Middle English, alteration (influenced by filen to defile, from Old English fȳlan) of defoilen to trample, defile, from Anglo French defoiller, defuler, to trample, from de + fuller, foller to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • defile — defile1 [dɪ fʌɪl] verb sully, mar, or spoil. ↘desecrate or profane (something sacred). ↘archaic rape or sexually assault (a woman). Derivatives defilement noun defiler noun Origin ME: alt. of obs. defoul, from OFr. defouler trample down ,… …   English new terms dictionary

  • defile — {{11}}defile (n.) narrow passage, 1640s, especially in a military sense, a narrow passage down which troops can march only in single file, from Fr. défilé, n. use of pp. of défiler march by files (17c.), from de off (see DE (Cf. de )) + file row …   Etymology dictionary

  • defile — [[t]dɪfa͟ɪl[/t]] defiles, defiling, defiled 1) VERB To defile something that people think is important or holy means to do something to it or say something about it which is offensive. [LITERARY] [V n] He had defiled the sacred name of the Holy… …   English dictionary

  • defile — UK [dɪˈfaɪl] / US verb [transitive] Word forms defile : present tense I/you/we/they defile he/she/it defiles present participle defiling past tense defiled past participle defiled formal to spoil something important, pure, or holy …   English dictionary

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