DEFILE
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De*file" (d&euptack_;*f&ī;l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Defiled (d&euptack_;*f&ī;ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Defiling.] [F. défiler; pref. dé-, 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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De*file", v. t. (Mil.) Same as Defilade.
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De*file" (d&euptack_;*f&ī;l" or d&ē;"f&ī;l; 277), n. [Cf. F. défilé, fr. défiler 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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De*file" (d&euptack_;*f&ī;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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