Noun
a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

Verb
spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"

Verb
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

Verb
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone''s reputation"

v. i.
To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

v. t.
Same as Defilade.

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.

n.
The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.

v. t.
To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.

v. t.
To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.

v. t.
To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.

v. t.
To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.

v. t.
To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.

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They that touch pitch will be defiled.

He is . . . among the greatest prelates of this age, however his character may be defiled by . . . dirty hands.

Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt.

The husband murder'd and the wife defiled.

That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile therewith.

To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

Same as Defilade.

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.

To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.