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(intransitive, archaic) To march in a single file or line; to file. / (transitive, obsolete) To march across (a place) in files or lines.

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defile

Source Word

defile

IPA(Pronunciation)

Verb

also archaic figuratively intransitive obsolete transitive

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞、古語）一列になって行進する / （他動詞、旧用法）一列になって、ある場所を横断して行進する

At dawn the soldiers defile in single file through the narrow pass, their footsteps echoing off the stone walls.

夜明けに兵士たちは狭い峠を一列になって進み、その足音が石壁に反響した。

Sense（1）

(intransitive, archaic) To march in a single file or line; to file.

Without delay, he briſkly attacked them, as they were defiling from a lane and forming themſelves.

Sense（2）

(transitive, obsolete) To march across (a place) in files or lines.

defiles

（ present singular third-person ）

defiling

（ participle present ）

defiled

（ participle past ）

defiled

（ past ）