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defile
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Defile
(gcide) | Defile \De*file"\ (d[-e]*f[imac]l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Defiled (d[-e]*f[imac]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Defiling.]
[F. d['e]filer; pref. d['e]-, for des- (L. dis-) + file a row
or line. See File a row.]
To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
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Defile
(gcide) | Defile \De*file"\, v. t. (Mil.)
Same as Defilade.
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Defile
(gcide) | Defile \De*file"\ (d[-e]*f[imac]l" or d[=e]"f[imac]l; 277), n.
[Cf. F. d['e]fil['e], fr. d['e]filer to defile.]
1. 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.
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2. (Mil.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the
exterior works in order to protect the interior. See
Defilade.
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Defile
(gcide) | 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. To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to
befoul; to pollute.
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They that touch pitch will be defiled. --Shak.
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2. To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.
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He is . . . among the greatest prelates of this age,
however his character may be defiled by . . . dirty
hands. --Swift.
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3. To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.
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Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt.
--Ezek. xx. 7.
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4. To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate; to
rape.
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The husband murder'd and the wife defiled. --Prior.
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5. To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.
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That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts,
he shall not eat to defile therewith. --Lev. xxii.
8.
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defile
(wn) | defile
n 1: a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) [syn:
defile, gorge]
v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's
reputation" [syn: defile, sully, corrupt, taint,
cloud]
2: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used
metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long
exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the
affair with a married man" [syn: tarnish, stain,
maculate, sully, defile]
3: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river
by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: foul, befoul,
defile, maculate] |
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defile
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defilement
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defiler
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undefiled
(encz) | undefiled,čistý adj: Zdeněk Brožundefiled,neposkvrněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Defiled
(gcide) | Defile \De*file"\ (d[-e]*f[imac]l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Defiled (d[-e]*f[imac]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Defiling.]
[F. d['e]filer; pref. d['e]-, for des- (L. dis-) + file a row
or line. See File a row.]
To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
[1913 Webster]defiled \defiled\ adj.
1. morally blemished. [archaic]
Syn: maculate.
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2. (Religion) ritually unclean. Opposite of clean.
Syn: unclean, impure.
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defiled
(gcide) | Defile \De*file"\ (d[-e]*f[imac]l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Defiled (d[-e]*f[imac]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Defiling.]
[F. d['e]filer; pref. d['e]-, for des- (L. dis-) + file a row
or line. See File a row.]
To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
[1913 Webster]defiled \defiled\ adj.
1. morally blemished. [archaic]
Syn: maculate.
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2. (Religion) ritually unclean. Opposite of clean.
Syn: unclean, impure.
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Defilement
(gcide) | Defilement \De*file"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]filement. See
Defile] (Mil.)
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.
[1913 Webster]Defilement \De*file"ment\, n. [From 3d Defile.]
The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether
physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness;
uncleanness.
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Defilements of the flesh. --Hopkins.
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The chaste can not rake into such filth without danger
of defilement. --Addison.
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Defiler
(gcide) | Defiler \De*fil"er\, n.
One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which
pollutes.
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Undefiled
(gcide) | Undefiled \Undefiled\
See defiled. |
defile
(wn) | defile
n 1: a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) [syn:
defile, gorge]
v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's
reputation" [syn: defile, sully, corrupt, taint,
cloud]
2: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used
metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long
exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the
affair with a married man" [syn: tarnish, stain,
maculate, sully, defile]
3: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river
by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: foul, befoul,
defile, maculate] |
defiled
(wn) | defiled
adj 1: morally blemished; stained or impure [syn: defiled,
maculate] |
defilement
(wn) | defilement
n 1: the state of being polluted [syn: befoulment,
defilement, pollution] |
defiler
(wn) | defiler
n 1: a person or organization that causes pollution of the
environment [syn: polluter, defiler] |
undefiled
(wn) | undefiled
adj 1: free from stain or blemish [syn: immaculate,
undefiled]
2: (of language) not having its purity or excellence debased;
"uncorrupted English"; "learn to speak pure English
undefiled"- Van Wyck Brooks [syn: uncorrupted, undefiled] |
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