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Defile

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(1):

(v. t.) To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.

(2):

(v. t.) To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.

(3):

(v. t.) To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.

(4):

(v. t.) To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.

(5):

(v. t.) To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.

(6):

(n.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.

(7):

(n.) 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.

(8):

(v. t.) Same as Defilade.

(9):

(v. i.) To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Defile'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/defile.html. 1828.
 
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