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verb (used with object), de·filed, de·fil·ing.
1.
to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase.
2.
to violate the chastity of.
3.
to make impure for ceremonial use; desecrate.
4.
to sully, as a person's reputation.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English defilen, defelen, alteration of defoilen (by association with filen to file3) < Anglo-French, Old French defouler to trample on, violate; compare Old English befȳlan to befoul
1275–1325; Middle English defilen, defelen, alteration of defoilen (by association with filen to file3) < Anglo-French, Old French defouler to trample on, violate; compare Old English befȳlan to befoul
Related forms
de·fil·a·ble, adjective
de·file·ment, noun
de·fil·er, noun
de·fil·ing·ly, adverb
non·de·file·ment, noun
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Defiled
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Example Sentences
- Only from an insistence upon mastery, upon a display of power, which makes a defiled thing of its object.
- People are defiled not by what they put into their mouths, but rather by what comes out of them.
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| defiled | |
adjective | |
| morally blemished; stained or impure |
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