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.