defile

DEFILE, verb transitive 1. To make unclean; to render foul or dirty; in a general sense.2. To make impure; to render turbid; as, the water or liquor is defiled.3. To soil or sully; to tarnish; as reputation, etc.He is among the greatest prelates of the age, however his character may be defiled by dirty hands.They shall defile thy brightness. Ezekiel 28:7.4. To pollute; to make ceremonially unclean.That which dieth of itself, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith. Leviticus 22:8.5. To corrupt chastity; to debauch; to violate; to tarnish the purity of character by lewdness.Schechem defiled Dinah. Genesis 34:2.6. To taint, in a moral sense; to corrupt; to vitiate; to render impure with sin.DEFILE not yourselves with the idols of Egypt. Ezekiel 20:7.He hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Numbers 19:20.DEFILE, verb intransitive [Latin A thread.] To march off in a line, or file by file; to file off.DEFILE, noun A narrow passage or way, in which troops may march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long narrow pass, as between hills, etc