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de·file1 / diˈfīl/ • v. [tr.] sully, mar, or spoil. ∎ desecrate or profane (something sacred). ∎ archaic violate the chastity of (a woman).DERIVATIVES: de·file·ment n.de·fil·er n.de·file2 / diˈfīl; ˈdēˌfīl/ • n. a steep-sided, narrow gorge or passage (originally one requiring troops to march in single file).• v. [intr.] archaic (of troops) march in single file: we emerged after defiling through the mountainsides.
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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.
Hence defilement XVII.
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