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defile 1 make foul or unclean. XIV. alt. of †defoul, †defoil, by assoc. with synon. †befile, OE. befȳlan (f. BE- + fȳlan, f. fūl FOUL). The earlier defoul (XIII), of which there is an unexpl. var. defoil (XIV), was — OF. def(o)uler trample down, outrage, violate, f. DE- 1 + fouler tread, trample :- Rom. *fullāre stamp, f. L. fullō FULLER.
Hence defilement XVII.

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