Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - defile
Defile
defile
1. v.tr. 1 make dirty; pollute, befoul. 2 corrupt. 3 desecrate, profane. 4 deprive (esp. a woman) of virginity. 5 make ceremonially unclean. Derivatives defilement n. defiler n. Etymology: ME defoul f. OF defouler trample down, outrage (as DE-, fouler tread, trample) altered after obs. befile f. OE befylan (BE-, ful FOUL) 2. n. & v. --n. also 1 a narrow way through which troops can only march in file. 2 a gorge. --v.intr. march in file. Etymology: F d{eacute}filer and d{eacute}fil{eacute} past part. (as DE-, FILE(2))
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I. transitive verb (~d; defiling) see: full Date: 14th century to make unclean or impure: as, to corrupt the purity or perfection of ; debase , to violate the chastity of ; deflower, to make physically unclean especially with something unpleasant or contaminating , to violate the sanctity of ; desecrate , sully, dishonor, see: contaminate ~ment noun ~r noun II. noun Etymology: French défilé, from past participle of défiler Date: 1685 a narrow passage or gorge, III. intransitive verb (~d; defiling) see: file Date: 1705 to march off in a line ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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