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defile

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6 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈfaɪl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted deefilStarts with DEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. spot, stain, or pollute

Word origin

The noun is borrowed from French défilé (“parade, procession”), a noun use of the past participle of défiler (verb); see above.

Used in a sentence

  • […] It is an euil birde that defiles his owne neſt, […]
  • I have ſowed ſackcloth vpon my ſkin, and defiled my horne in the duſt.
  • Spain might now boast that the stain of heresy no longer defiled the hem of her garment. But at what a price was this purchased!

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