DEFILE, v.t. 1. To make unclean; to render foul or dirty; in a general sense.2. To make impure; to render turbid; as, the water or liquor is defiled.3. To soil or sully; to tarnish; as reputation, &c.He is among the greatest prelates of the age, however his character may be defiled by dirty hands.They shall defile thy brightness. Ezek. 28.4. To pollute; to make ceremonially unclean.That which dieth of itself, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith. Lev. 22.5. To corrupt chastity; to debauch; to violate; to tarnish the purity of character by lewdness.Schechem defiled Dinah. Gen. 34.6. To taint, in a moral sense; to corrupt; to vitiate; to render impure with sin.Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt. Ezek. 20.He hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Numb. 19.DEFILE, v.i. [L. A thread.] To march off in a line, or file by file; to file off. DEFILE, n. A narrow passage or way, in which troops may march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long narrow pass, as between hills, &c. |
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