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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024
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Bible Dictionaries
Defile
Webster's Dictionary
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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.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Defile'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/defile.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Defile'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/defile.html. 1828.
